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Tainters Green

Other OS name in the Parish of Solihull

Historical Forms

  • Teynto(u)rs grene 1332 ADi 1369 ib
  • Tenter Green t.Hy6 Add
  • Teinters Green 1608 ParReg

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Teynto (u )rs grene 1332 AD i, 1369 ib., Tenter Green t. Hy 6Add , Teinters Green 1608 ParReg , probably with reference to a place where cloth was stretched . Cf. PN Sr 60, PN Ess 620 .