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.

Gretton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Gretton

Historical Forms

  • Gretone 1086 DB 1215 ClR
  • Grettone, Grettun 1163 P 1346 FA
  • Grettone super Weland 1297 Pat
  • Gratton c.1220 For 1274 Ipm
  • Gratton al. Gretton 1670 Recov
  • Cretton 1285 FA

Etymology

'Big farm,' v. great , tun .