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.

Greensted

Major Settlement in the Parish of Greensted

Historical Forms

  • Gernestedam 1086 DB
  • Gernestede 1248 Ass
  • Gren(e)sted(e) 1236 FF 1328,1331 Londin
  • Grenested by Aungre atte Castell 1339 Pat
  • Grynstede 1320 Orig 1321 Fine

Etymology

'Green place,' v. grene , stede .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site