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.

Greendale Mill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Great Mitton

Historical Forms

  • Grindle Eves 1589 WillY

Etymology

Greendale Mill, Grindle Eves 1589 WillY. Unless this is an abbreviated form of Grindleton (cf. Grindleton Eaves infra ) it represents the name of the stream Grendel from which Grindleton is derived; it is now called Grindleton Brook.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site