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.

Kittsgreen

Other OS name in the Parish of Alkington

Historical Forms

  • Katherin groue 1543 AOMB
  • past' voc' Kytes 1575 TRMB
  • Kits Green 1830 M

Etymology

, Katherin groue (?sic for Katherin grene ) 1543AOMB , past ' voc ' Kytes 1575TRMB , Kits Green 1830 M , from the pet - form of the fem . pers. n. Katherine , v. grēne 2 ' pasture ' .