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Survey of English Place-Names

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on þone grenan weg

Field in the Parish of Dowdeswell

Historical Forms

  • on þone grenan weg c.800 Dowd
  • the Greene way 1588 Rogers

Etymology

on þone grenan weg c. 800(the Greene way 1588, v. grēne, weg)

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement