English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Greenslade

Early-attested site in the Parish of North Tawton

Historical Forms

  • Ghernesleta 1086 DB
  • Grenesland (sic) 1198 FF
  • Greneslade 1238 Ass 1242 Fees783 1344 Ipm

Etymology

'The green slæd.'

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Places in the same Parish