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.

Grandborough

Major Settlement in the Parish of Grandborough

Historical Forms

  • Greneburgan 1043 KCD916 17th
  • Grænesburgh c.1045 KCD939 17th
  • (G)raneberge, Greneberge 1086 DB
  • Grenebergh 1199 FF 1547 Monast
  • Grenebirge 1221 Pap
  • Gernnebergh 1289 Ass
  • Grenberge 1300 Ipm
  • Grenberow 1326 ib
  • Grenneburgh 1327 SR 1373 ADv
  • Grenbo(u)rgh 1358 BM 1360 ADv 1439 ADi
  • Grend(e)burgh 1390 ADiii
  • Grendborowe 1591 CtRequests
  • Grenbrogh 1596 FF
  • Granborough 1538 LRMB
  • Graundboroughe 1585 Recov
  • Grandboroughe al. Greenborow 1616 ib
  • Grandborowe al. Grendborowe 1649 ib
  • Gryndborough 1551 Recov
  • Grindborough t.Eliz ChancP

Etymology

'Green hill,' beorg, if we take the first form to be eccentric.Cf. Grandborough (PN Bk 134).

Places in the same Parish