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Grammerby Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Tavistock and Tavistock Hamlets

Historical Forms

  • Greymerby 1488 Rental
  • Grenedene 1311 Cl
  • Grenedon 1330 SR 1488 Rental

Etymology

[ græməbai ] is Greymerby 1488Rental . Probably ' grey pool bend , ' the second element being OE  byge , ' curve, bend , ' referring to the wide curve made by the Walla Brook here . Cf. Huccaby supra 194 . Grendon is Grenedene 1311 Cl, Grenedon 1330SR (p), 1488Rental . ' Greenvalley , ' v. denu .