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.

Grotton

Other OS name in the Parish of Rochdale

Historical Forms

  • Groton 1531 SadD

Etymology

, 1379 PT (p) , 1607 FF , 1662 PRSad , Groton 1531 SadD , possibly OE grota ' particle of sand ' or groten ' gravelly, sandy ' , tūn .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement