English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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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 -.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site