English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Grinses Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bexhill

Historical Forms

  • atte Grene 1296 SR

Etymology

Grinses Fm is le Grene (13th BM 6344 Hayley ) and was the home of Robert atte Grene (1296 SR). The modern form would seem to be a curious double genitive for 'Greens's.'