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.

Granmore Hill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Farnborough

Etymology

Granmore Hill (6″). Cf. cranmere , cran meres broc 956 (c. 1200) BCS 946, Cranmere , Cranmere Weye 1247 FF, Cranemeresweye 1331Add , Granmore Hills 1840TA . 'Crane or heron pool,' v. cran , mere .

Places in the same Parish