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.

East Grinstead

Major Settlement in the Parish of East Grinstead

Historical Forms

  • Grenesteda t.Steph France
  • Estgrenested 1271 Ass 1277 Pat
  • Estgrenested juxta Eaduluebregg 1288 Ass
  • Greynsted 1513 LP
  • Est(e)grinstede 1275,1316 Lewes 1335 Ipm
  • Estgrimsted 1416 IpmR

Etymology

'Green place,' cf. West Grinstead supra 184. Distinguished also as 'near Edenbridge' (K).