Greetwell
Major Settlement in the Parish of Greetwell
Historical Forms
- Grentewelle 1086 DB
- Gretwella c1115 LS lHy2 Dane
- Gretwalla R1 Ch 1308
- Gretwell(e) e13 LNQ
- Gretwell' c1220 RAiv 1242–3 Fees 1274 RRGr 1387 Peace
- Gretwelle 1261 RRGr 1316 Pat 1360,1391,1427 Cl
- Gretwell 1317 1343 NI 1347 Pat 1362 1362,1391 Cl 1406 Pat 1428 FA
- Gretwel' 1327 SR
- Gretewella 1121 Ch 1308
- Gretewelle 1120–2 YCh 1146,1163 RAi 1319 Pat
- Gretewell' 1218,1219 Ass 1242 Fees 1254 ValNor 1275–6 RH ?1280–90 SR 1332 Barl 1379
- Gretewell 1219–40 AD 1246–7 RRG 1260 1316 1343 Ipm
- Gretewel 1274–5 RH
- Grettewella a1219 Welles
- Grettewell 1246–7 RRG 1247 FF 1317 Pat 1318 Cl
- Greitwell' 1237 Fees
- Greitwell 1534 WillsStow 1535 VE
- Gratewell' 1260 Cl
- Gretham 1526 Sub
- Greatewell 1563 Pat
- Grotewell 1576 Saxton
Etymology
'The gravelly spring', v. grēot , grjót , wella , an etymology described by DLPN 53 as 'topographically appropriate'. Forms in Grete - and Great - reflect contamination by grēat 'large' in the ME and EModE periods as a result of popular etymology.