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.

Greethurst

Early-attested site in the Parish of Yardley

Historical Forms

Gruthurst 1221 Ass

Grethurst 1275 SR 1332 SR

Greethurst 1279 Ipm

Etymology

'Gravel wood' or 'wood on the river Greet.'

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement

Yardley