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Survey of English Place-Names

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Grisleymires, Grisley Well

Other OS name in the Parish of Heversham

Historical Forms

  • Grislake 1574,1676 Rent

Etymology

, 1857OS , Grislake 1574, 1676Rent , ' pig hollow ' , v. gríss and probably slakki ; cf. Grasslick (i, 36supra ) , from which it is distinct ; Grislake belongs to the Beetham district .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site