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.

Greenwall

Early-attested site in the Parish of Kirkleatham

Historical Forms

Grenewall(e) 1231 FF, Guis

Grenewalde 1401 YI

Etymology

Probably 'green woodland,' v. grene , w(e)ald.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement