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Survey of English Place-Names

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Graystone Plain

Early-attested site in the Parish of Aberford

Historical Forms

  • Graystan 12,13 Nost152d,160
  • Greyeston 1268 FF
  • le Graystones 1454 YDi
  • Great Graiston Feild & Little Graiston Feild 1685 Thoresbyxxvi,296

Etymology

Graystone Plain, Graystan 12, 13Nost 152d, 160, Greyeston 1268 FF, le Graystones 1454 YD i, Great Graiston Feild & Little Graiston Feild 1685 Thoresby xxvi, 296. v. grǣg 1 , stān . These fields are on the parish boundary, and grǣg 'grey' may here have the same significance as hār 'grey' in such names.