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.

Great and Little Grassoms

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bootle

Historical Forms

  • Gresholmes, Gressholmes 1252 StBA

Etymology

'Grassy holmr.'