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.

Greetham

Major Settlement in the Parish of Greetham

Historical Forms

  • Gretham 1086 DB 1185 Templar 1202 Ass 1205 ClR 1206 P 1610 Speed
  • Greotham 1369 Ipm 1397 Cl 1399 Bir
  • Greteham 1398 Pat 1428 FF 1535 VE
  • Greatham 1608 FF
  • Greetham 1610 Speed

Etymology

'The village or estate on gravelly or stony soil', v. grēot , hām , cf. Greetham L. The settlement stands on an outcrop of Northampton Sands ironstone.