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.

Greenwood Haw

Other OS name in the Parish of Dent

Historical Forms

  • Greenwood Hall 1771 M
  • Grenwodhaw 1635 PR
  • Greenewoodhawe 1659 WillS

Etymology

, Greenwood Hall 1771 M,Grenwodhaw 1635 PR, Greenewoodhawe 1659 WillS , named from the family of Thomas Greenwood of this place ( 1635 PR 61 ) , v. haugr ' hill ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement