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Turn Greece Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Bolton by Bowland

Etymology

, 1841TA , ' circular stairs ' , from trun and ME grese ' steps, stairs ' , doubtless a reference to some twisting path up the steep bank from the nearby ford .