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.

Greenhill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Norton

Historical Forms

  • Gren(e)hilheg' c.1175,Ed1 Beau
  • Gren(e)hill, Gren(e)hyll, Gren(e)hull 1299,Ed1 Beau 1301 Pat 1301 Orig 1312 Beau
  • Grenylle 1536 HarlCh
  • Gren(n)ell 1560 ParReg
  • Gren(n)ell alias Grenehill 1573 Halliii

Etymology

Greenhill, Gren (e )hilheg 'c. 1175, Ed 1Beau , Gren (e )hill , Gren (e )hyll , Gren (e )hull 1299, Ed 1Beau , 1301 Pat, 1301 Orig, 1312Beau et freq , Grenylle 1536HarlCh , Gren (n )ell 1560 ParReg, Gren (n )ell alias Grenehill 1573 Hall iii.'Green hill', v. grēne 1 , hyll and hege .