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.

Grimsbury Castle, Grimsbury Wd

Other OS name in the Parish of Hampstead Norris

Etymology

, 1830 OS , ' Grim's fort ' , referring to the Iron Age hill - fort ; Grīm is a by - name of Wōden .