Little Gransden
Major Settlement in the Parish of Little Gransden
Historical Forms
- Grantandene 973 Thorney 14th
- Grantendene 1086 InqEl 12th LibEl c.1185 StNeot
- Grantendene, Grantendena 1086 InqEl
- Grauntenden' 1228 Cl
- Grentedene c.1050 KCD907 13th LibEl 12th
- Grentedena 1086 ICC
- Grentesden 1230 ElyCouch
- Grantedene 1086 c.1278 ElyA
- Gratedene (sic) 1086 DB
- Grantsedene 1199 CurR
- Grantesden(e) 1230 ElyC 1415 Pat
- Little Grantesden(e) 1294 ib
- Grantesden(e) cum Herdwyke 1316 FA
- Grantesdenne 1388 Pat
- Grantisden 1230 ElyC 1391 Pat
- Grauntesdene 1298 Ass
- Grancesden 1492 Ipm
- Granden(e) 1236 Barnwell 1285 Ass 1327 SR
- Grandon 1298 Ass
- Graundone 1285 ib
- Grandesden c.1330 ElyCouch 1387 MinAcct 1396 Pat 1408 CTerr
- Gran(n)(e)sden 1485 Ipm 1571 ElyA
- Graun(e)sden 1486,1548 Pat
- Gramysden 1548 ib
- Gramsden 1645 Blaeu
- Grampdon 1672 EAxi
Etymology
'Granta 's or Grante 's valley,' v. denu . Little to distinguish this from the neighbouring Great Gransden (PN BedsHu 258). For the personal name cf. further Gransmoor (PN ERY 88–9).