Dunstable - Greyfriars* * - Greyfriars Bobby was a Skye Terrier who became known in 19th-century Edinburgh for supposedly spending 14 years guarding the grave of his owner until he died himself on 14 January 1872.
Greengage - Stannery ** ** Tavistock is one of several 'stannery towns' available in the West Country
Greyhounds - Greybeard. ** ** as per the 3rd stanza of 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' ...He holds him with his withered hand There was a ship quoth he.l Hold off, unhand me greybeard loon Effsoon his hand dropped thee. Other poems by Mr Samuel T Coleridge are available, though none so quotable
Greybeard - Blackbeard * * - Edward Teach or Edward Thatch, better known as Blackbeard, was a notorious English pirate who operated around the West Indies and the eastern coast of the American colonies.