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.

Laney Green

Early-attested site in the Parish of Shareshill

Historical Forms

  • Laney Green 1817 RegDiss
  • Loany Green 1704 PenkridgeParReg
  • Lowney Green & Lowney Green Wood 1834 O
  • Lanes Green 1775 Yates

Etymology

Laney Green, Laney Green 1817 RegDiss, Loany Green 1704 Penkridge ParReg, Lowney Green & Lowney Green Wood 1834 O, Lanes Green 1775 Yates. The forms are too late to suggest a certain etymology.