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.

East & West Grain

Other OS name in the Parish of Orton

Historical Forms

  • Eastgrain(e), Midlegrain(e) 1579 Rent
  • Eastgrane 1588 ib

Etymology

, Eastgrain (e ), Midlegrain (e )1579Rent , Eastgrane 1588 ib , v. grein ' river-fork ' .

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Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement