Greatworth
Major Settlement in the Parish of Greatworth
Historical Forms
- Grentevorde 1086 DB
- Gretteworth, Grettewrth, Grettewurth 12th Survey 1312 Ch
- Gretewrth 1200 Cur 1227 Ass 1250 Fees
- Greteworthe 1313 Eynsham
- Gretworth 1316 FA
- Gruttewrth' c.1200 Magd 1241 P
- Grutteworth(e) 1275 RH 1287 Ass 1314 Eynsham 1383 ADiv
- Grutworth 1330 FA 1361 Cl 1526 SR 1529 ADvi
- Gretiswrth 1201 Cur
- Gretesworth 1241 P
- Gratewurth 1225 WellsR
- Greetworth 1284 FA 1702 Poll
- Gretewood 1602 FF
- Greetwood 1744 FF
- Gretworth al. Gritworth 1651 Moulton
- Gritworth 1712 Morton
- Grettworth 1730 Poll
- Gretworth 1826 B
Etymology
This is a compound of greot and weorþ , hence 'enclosure on the greot.' The soil here is sandy, surrounded by deep clay (Bridges i, 124). DB Grent - is clearly an error for Greut -.