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.

Eaton Grange

Other OS name in the Parish of Eaton

Historical Forms

  • Grangie 1228 Rut

Etymology

, 1925 Kelly , Grangie 1228Rut , v. grange ; perh . originally an outlier of neighbouring Croxton Abbey , but more likely a grange of Leicester Abbey since LTD and Charyte are the principal sources of medieval minor names for Eaton .