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Survey of English Place-Names

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Greengill

Other OS name in the Parish of Morland

Historical Forms

  • Greengaile 1583 ib
  • (the) Grenegill 1562 FF 1611 Kendi,306 1654 PR

Etymology

, 1669 PR , Greengaile 1583 ib, (the )Grenegill 1562FF , 1611 Kend i, 306, 1654 PR , Grengill Bancke 1645 it ) , ' green ravine ' , v. grēne 1 , gil , geil .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site