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.

The Green

Other OS name in the Parish of Fairfield

Historical Forms

  • Grene 1533–8 ECP

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) , Grene 1533–8 ECP , v. grēne 2 .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement