English Explanatory Dictionary

Granborough

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP7625).

Word forms

Granborough

Etymology

From Old English grēne + beorg (“green hill”), recorded as Grenebeorge c.1060 and Grenesberga in 1086 (DB), and Grandborough c.1600, which was revised to Granborough in the 20th century (between 1930 and 1968 on OS maps).

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