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.

The Grits

Other OS name in the Parish of Ganton

Historical Forms

  • Gretes late12th Bridl

Etymology

is Gretes late 12th Bridl . Probably from OScand  grjot ' stones ' rather than OE  greot ' gravel . ' Cf. Swedish Gryt , Grytorna ( SvON ii, 69–70 ) .

Places in the same Parish