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.

Pincushion Green

Early-attested site in the Parish of Great Grimsby

Historical Forms

  • Pincushion Green 1851 Census
  • Pincushion Square 1871 Gait

Etymology

Pincushion Green (lost), Pincushion Green 1851Census ; Mrs Bettie Watkinson points out that the name survived as Pincushion Square in 1871 Gait.