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.

North Greenovens

Other OS name in the Parish of Modbury

Historical Forms

  • Grenefen(ne) 1298 Ass 1460 ADvi

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Grenefen (ne )1298Ass , 1460 AD vi . ' Green fenn , ' cf. same name supra 186,249 .