In the manorial court records for Newcastle-under-Lyme there are many references to Grindley, grindley fields, farm etc. dating from the late 17th century. Also on a map of 1775 the whole area was called Grindley Hill. 1572 Grindle, 1586 Gryndleyfield and Gryndley Hill, 1596 Grinley Any thoughts on where the name of Grindley would have come from. Many Thanks Richard

<<In the manorial court records for Newcastle-under-Lyme there are many references to Grindley, Grindley fields, farm etc. dating from the late 17th century. Also on a map of 1775 the whole area was called Grindley Hill. 1572 Grindle, 1586 Gryndleyfield and Gryndley Hill, 1596 Grinley. Any thoughts on where the name of Grindley would have come from.>> Richard, have you looked in Horowitz's book? He discusses two Grindleys, one the village southwest of Uttoxeter, the other a minor locality west of Blythe Bridge (which I presume is not the one you're enquiring about, unless the manor of Newcastle had an outlying member). From the early forms of these names the village was clearly 'green leah' (since it always took the form Grenley/Grinley until well into the modern period), but the Blythe Bridge Grindley may have had a different origin (since it has always been recorded with a -d-, appearing in the earliest, medieval, records as Grandal), and Horowitz suggests a couple of possible alternative explanations (the monster Grendel or OE *grendel, a gravelly place or stream). Matt Tompkins