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Help[Surname] Re: Greetham
in reply to a message by Anneza
Meaning is "gravelly homestead", Old English greot and ham. Both places are listed in the Domesday Book, 1086, spelt Gretham. A Hugh de Gretham is on record in 1297, and an Alice de Greteham in 1363.
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The second root could also be hamm 'enclosure' according to my sources.
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