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.

Greenside

Other OS name in the Parish of Ravenstonedale

Historical Forms

  • Grensyd(e), Grensid(e) 1586–1684 PR

Etymology

, 1641 PR , 1739Hothf , Grensyd (e ), Grensid (e )1586–1684 PR (freq ) , ' green hillside ' , v. grēne 1 , sīde .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement