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.

Greenthwaite

Early-attested site in the Parish of Sutton on the Forest

Historical Forms

  • Grenthwayt, Grenthwait 1226–9 RegAlbii.39d,etc.

Etymology

v. grene , þveit .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement