John Field's _English field-names: a dictionary_ (David & Cahrles, 1972)
gives examples of GARSON(S) from Hants, Oxon, Surrey as a corruption of
GARSTON - from OE gaers-tun "grass enclosure, paddock".
So it seems likley that the Middelsex examples are as well. I haven't
had a chance to check the English Place-Name Society's volumes.
Jennifer Scherr
Hon Sec, Society for Name Studies in Britain and Ireland
c/o University of Bristol Library
On Wed, 14 Apr 1999 17:06:26 -0400 Bert Brooking
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> Local name (Middlesex) "Garson" as in garson Bridge, Garson farm. Could
> this simply be corruption of Garston (meadow) or has it another derivation.
> Thanks for any info.
> Bert Brooking
>
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