Etymology

Grantchester

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Today it means: A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL4356). Full definition →

Old English ceaster
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromceaster
  2. English todayGrantchester

Appeared in the Domesday Book as Granteseta (settlers on the River Granta). The present spelling is derived from Old English ceaster.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishceaster all →

ColchesterRibchester

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.