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.

Griff Farm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Helmsley

Historical Forms

Grif 1086 DB 1301 LS

Griff(e) 1229 Pat 1333 Riev

Etymology

'Narrow valley' v. gryfja .

Places in the same Parish