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.

Cornmarket

Early-attested site in the Parish of Great Grimsby

Historical Forms

  • la Cornmarket 1400 GrimsFC
  • le Cornmarket 1487 GrimsCt
  • le cornmarket 1469 ADi
  • Corn'm' 1492 GrimsExtent
  • marcato blador' siue granor' 1576 GrimsFC

Etymology

Cornmarket (lost), la Cornmarket 1400GrimsFC , le Cornmarket 1487GrimsCt , le cornmarket 1469 AD i, Corn 'm '1492GrimsExtent , marcato blador ' siue granor '1576GrimsFC , self-explanatory, v. corn , market .