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.

Greenhow

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ingleby Greenhow

Historical Forms

  • Grenehou c.1175–89 YCh

Etymology

'Green mound' v. grene , haugr .

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement

Early-attested site