Griff Lane
Early-attested site in the Parish of Fulstow
Etymology
GRIFF LANE (local), cf. le grift 1409LMR , (le ) gryfte 1425ib , 1583Holywell , le Grift 1438Anc , le Gryft 1442LMR , cf. le gryfte dyke 1543Anc , Griftdyk 1562ib , le Griffe dike 1623LMR , Gryft banke 1545Anc , griftbanke 1555LMR ; this is dial. grift , v. EDD s.v. where it is recorded only from north L in the sense 'a channel shaped out by water for itself, a runnel'. EDD compares grift with North Country dial. griff 'a small deep valley', itself derived from ON gryfja 'a hole, a pit'. Grift, itself, is probably derived from the same word, with dissimilation of -ff to -ft .
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Bonscaupe
- Churchthorpe
- Conisholme Cross
- Land Dike
- Moated Grange
- New Dike
- The Ridings
- Southfield Fm
- Summerhead
- Waingrove Ho