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.

Grimpstonleigh

Early-attested site in the Parish of Woodleigh

Historical Forms

  • Lege 1086 DB
  • Grymeston cu' Legh 1340 SR
  • Grymstonlegh t.Ed3 Ass
  • Grymestoneslegh 1394 Ass

Etymology

v. leah .The place was later held by Robert de Grimeston who held also the manor of Grimston in Blackawton infra 316.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement