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.

grensti

Field in the Parish of Bottesford

Historical Forms

  • grensti Edw1 Rut

Etymology

grensti Edw 1 (v. stīg; poss. with grēne 2' a village green' rather than with grēne 1' green'; a footpath still runs from the western green to the church)