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.

Greet

Early-attested site in the Parish of Yardley

Historical Forms

  • Grete, Greth 1255 FF 1275 Ass 1328 Ch 1545 LP
  • Greet End 1552 Ct

Etymology

This must be OE  greot, 'gravel,' used descriptively of the place or, possibly, of the stream on which it lies, cf. R. Greet (Nt). The name seems also to be found in: