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.

la grene

Field in the Parish of Bottesford

Historical Forms

  • la grene e.13 Rut Hy3 Rut Hy3 BelCartB Edw1 Rut

Etymology

la grene e. 13, Hy 3, Hy 3 (e. 15), Edw 1, atte grene 1381 (p) (v. grēne 2, atte; a medieval cross base survives on the western green (v. iuxta Crucem in villa, supra))