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Survey of English Place-Names

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Grenethyng

Field in the Parish of Waithe

Historical Forms

  • Grenethyng 1472 AD

Etymology

Grenethyng 1472(from þing'property,premises', with probably the surn. Green, cf. atte Grene 1327, 1398, of the Grene 1332, de Grene 1386, othe Grene 1395, 1398 all(p))