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.

Greendown

Other OS name in the Parish of Buckfastleigh

Historical Forms

  • Grendon 1596 DKR38,360

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Grendon 1596 DKR 38, 360 . v. dun .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement