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Greetham
by Anneza
6/8/2009, 12:42 AM
Family surname from the North of England, unknown to Ancestry.com. Anyone?
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- Marc (picard)   +3
6/8/2009, 8:12 AM
Greetham is a placename in Lincolnshire and Rutland as you can see at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_locations:_Gree-Gz#Greep
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- Anneza   +2
6/8/2009, 10:54 PM
And now I know the origin, I can find out the meaning! Thanks, Marc.
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- Jim Young (guest)   +1
6/9/2009, 11:31 AM
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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- Marc (picard)
6/9/2009, 5:57 PM
The second root could also be hamm 'enclosure' according to my sources.
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