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.

Green Castle

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkby Thore

Etymology

, - C . 1727 Defoe , 1777 NB 388 , 1859 OS , v. grēne 1 , castel , described as ' a round enclosure with deep trenches ' , where a Roman altar was found ( NB 388, NWm 152 ) .