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Survey of English Place-Names

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Green Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Cawston

Historical Forms

  • Grenegate 1354,1362,1372 Ct
  • Grenewey 1424 ib

Etymology

, Grenegate 1354, 1362, 1372Ct , Grenewey 1424ib ; cf. Thos . atte Grene 1422 Ct , v. grēne 1 and grēne 2 .