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.

Greenfield

Other OS name in the Parish of Watlington

Historical Forms

  • Grenefeld 1479 AD 1492–3,1522–3 Rental
  • Greenfield t.Jas1 Survey
  • Greenvile or Greenfield, Greenvill early18th ParColl

Etymology

is Grenefeld 1479 AD, 1492–3, 1522–3Rental , Greenfield t. Jas 1Survey , Greenvile or Greenfield , Greenvill early 18th ParColl . Cf. Grenfeild greene 1608–9Survey , Greenvile Green early 18th ParColl .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement