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Survey of English Place-Names

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Grassgarth

Other OS name in the Parish of Weston

Historical Forms

  • Greesegarthes 1554 WillY
  • Gyrgaris 1566 ib
  • Gresgarthis 1566 ib
  • Girs Gar 1717 PRWst

Etymology

, 1683 PRWst , Greesegarthes 1554 WillY, Gyrgaris 1566ib, Gresgarthis 1566 ib, Girs Gar 1717 PRWst , ' grass enclosure ' , v. gærs , garðr , and on the forms cf. Phonol. § 16 .