Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Grimsditch 1847 TA

Etymology

Grimsditch Fm (101–790794), Grimsditch 1847TA , cf. Grimsditch 134infra . The p.n. may be manorial. If not, an allusion to a lost ancient earthwork, 'Woden's ditch', would be pertinent to the p.n. Mobberley supra , v. Grīm , dīc , cf. le Dichegreves infra , and Camp Green 58supra .