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.

Greenhead Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Sawley

Historical Forms

  • Grinheade 1590 WillY
  • (the) Greene head 1613 PRBlt 1640 WillY

Etymology

, Grinheade 1590 WillY, (the ) Greene head 1613 PRBlt, 1640 WillY , v. grēne 1 , hēafod .