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.

Greenah

Early-attested site in the Parish of Watermillock

Historical Forms

  • Grenehou 1295 Rental
  • Greney 1608 PR
  • Greenah 1740 ib
  • Greneyrowe 1597 PR

Etymology

'Green haugr,' and rāw.