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.

Greenham

Major Settlement in the Parish of Greenham

Historical Forms

  • Greneham 1086 DB 1248,1284 Ass 1517 DInc
  • Grenham 1185 RR
  • Grenham Hospitalium 1220 Fees

Etymology

Probably 'green river-meadow', v. grēne 1 , hamm , referring to land by R. Kennet. Hospitalium from the Knights Hospitallers, to whom the manor was granted in the late 12th cent. (VCH iii, 319).