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.

Gratton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Gratton

Historical Forms

  • Gratune 1086 DB
  • Gratton(e) 1159–66,c.1200 Darley c.1265 BelCh
  • Gretton' Hy3 Darley 1343 Woll 1597 Lanc
  • Greeton 1535 Val

Etymology

'Great farm', v. grēat , tūn ; cf. Gratton (PN D 86).

Places in the same Parish