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.

Greenwalls

Early-attested site in the Parish of Dodleston

Historical Forms

  • Grenewall 1323 Tab 1386 Vern 1392 ChRR 1551 Pat
  • Grenewalle 1323 Orm2
  • Grenewal 1389 ib
  • Green Wall 1360 ib
  • Greenwall 1544 Plea
  • Grenwalle 1468 AddCh
  • Grenwall 1514 ChRR 1545 Orm2
  • Green Walls 1819 Greenwood
  • Balderton Farm 1777 Burd 1842 OS

Etymology

'Green well', v. grēne 1 , wælla . This place is near Balderton supra .