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Survey of English Place-Names

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Greenlake

Other OS name in the Parish of Hartland

Historical Forms

  • Grendicke 1546 Oliver
  • Rate-book, Greenlake al. Grindlick 1718 Recov

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) [ grenlik ] is Grendicke 1546 Oliver 217 , Grenlicke 1682 Rate-book , Greenlake al. Grindlick 1718Recov . Perhaps ' green dike , ' v. dic , with later corruption .