Greenough

The Noble Tribe of Greenough represented here by Lord Turner, Seneschal of Greenough. The history of the Greenough family goes back to the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture of Britain. It is derived from the family living in Greenhalg in Kirkham and Greenhalg Castle in Garstang. The surname Greenough originally derived from greene as n the village greene which was the center or main square of each region. Many inhabitants in various counties adopted this surname as part of their family's nomenclature. The surname Greenough is a topographic surname, which was given to a person who resided near a physical feature such as a hill, stream, church, or type of tree.