Gomeldon is a small village in the valley of the River Bourne in Wiltshire,[1] England, in the civil parish of Idmiston. It lies about 5 miles (8 km) north-east of Salisbury, between Winterbourne Gunner and Porton, and as of 2012 its population was estimated at 200.
There is a primary school[2] and, although there is no station, the main railway line to London passes through the village.[3]
Gomeldon was a village in medieval times.[4][5] Ten buildings on the ancient village site south-west of the school, between the modern village and the river, were excavated in the 1960s, and a report published by Salisbury Museum.[6][7] The site of the deserted village is designated as a scheduled monument.[8]
In 1821 the population was 20, and in 1831 there were 48 inhabitants. In 1868 it was a small hamlet in the parish of Idmiston.[9]
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- ^ "Gomeldon Primary School, Idmiston". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
- ^ "Idmiston". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
- ^ John Hare (2011). A Prospering Society: Wiltshire in the Later Middle Ages. Univ of Hertfordshire Press. pp. 30–. ISBN 978-1-902806-85-3.
- ^ Christopher Dyer (2001). Everyday Life in Medieval England. A&C Black. pp. 155–. ISBN 978-0-8264-1982-8.
- ^ John Musty; David J. Algar (1966). The Excavations at the Deserted Medieval Village Site of Gomeldon, Near Salisbury, Wiltshire. Salisbury Museum.
- ^ "Excavation and fieldwork in Wiltshire, 1966". Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine. 62: 129–130. 1967 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ^ Historic England. "Gomeldon deserted village (1003041)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
- ^ GENUKI: Idmiston