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.
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Mill Ho
- Pond Lane
- the Terrace
- Water Mill
- West End
- Ash Wood
- Church Lane
- the Coppice
- East End
- Glebe Fm
- Great Lane
- Greetham Church
- Heath Lodge, Heath Spinney
- High Street
- Manor Ho
- Old Windmill
- Stocken Fm
- Greetham Ho
- Mount Pleasant
- Sharman's Lodge
- the Vicarage
- Greetham Wood Far, Greetham Wood Near
- New Inn Fm
- Sheepdyke Lane
- Walker's Lodge