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.

Grainingfold Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Billingshurst

Historical Forms

  • Grelingfolde c.1220 Bodl169
  • Grelingefold 1271,1279 Ass
  • Graylingfold 1327 SR

Etymology

'Fold of Grǣgel 's people' or 'of Grǣgel ,' v. Graylingwell supra 11 and falod .