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.

Greenhurst

Other OS name in the Parish of Buxted

Historical Forms

  • Grenehurst 1279 Ass
  • Grenherst 1296 SR

Etymology

is Grenehurst 1279Ass , v. hyrst. Mr Stevens suggestswith much probability that it is the unidentified villata ofGrenherst (1296 SR) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement