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.

Kent Green, Kent Green Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Astbury

Historical Forms

  • Kent Green 1583 BW
  • Kents Meadow 1651 BW
  • the further Kents Croft & nearer Kents Croft 1798 ib

Etymology

, Kent Green 1583BW , a hamletunder Mow Cop hill, v. grēne2 'a green'. The first el. may be asurname, as in Kents Meadow 1651BW , the further Kents Croft & nearer Kents Croft 1798ib .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site