Grazeley
Major Settlement in the Parish of Grazeley
Historical Forms
- (on) grægsole (burnan andlang burnan on) grægsole (hagan) c.950 BCS888 c.1240
- Greshull' 1198 P 1269 FF
- Greyshull' 1241 Ass
- Greishulle, Greysulle 13th ReadingC
- Greyshulle 1294 SR
- Greysulle 1327 ib
- Greyshall 1539–40 ReadingA
- Greyshull 1659 PubLib
- Greseley, Greshill', Greynghull' 1284 Ass
- Grasley 1662–3 PubLib
- Gresly als Greshall 1758 ArchJ
- Grassley (Green) 1761 Rocque
- Grazeley (Green) 1790 Pride
Etymology
'Badgers' wallowing-place', v. grǣg 2 , sol . The second el. was confused with hyll and lēah . The village of Grazeley is in Shinfield; the civil parish (which does not include the village) owes its existence to arrangements made in the 19th cent. (VCH iii, 261, 276).