Granborough
village · Buckinghamshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Suggested2 sources · historical forms · name elements
Granborough is named after a 'grān' (a spear or possibly a person's name) and 'beorg' (a hill or fortified place). It means 'spear hill' or 'hill of Grana'.
Word origins
- grān
- Old Englishspear, Grana (name)(from grān "spear, Grana (name)")
- beorg
- Old Englishhill, fortified place(from beorg "hill, fortified place")
Historical forms
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