Hurgrove
Early-attested site in the Parish of Steventon
Historical Forms
- wið norþan hyrdegraf 960 BCS1058 c.1200
- (unum molendinum ad) Hurdegraue 963 BCS1121 c.1200
- (unum molendinum æt) Hirdegrafe, (an miln æt) Hyrde grafe 963 c.1240 ib
- Herdegrave 1274 Ipm
- Hurdegrave c.1270 Chatsworth l.14th
- Hurdegroue 1355–6 ObAcc
- Hurgrove 1548–9 RentSur 1604,1615,1647 RecOffCat
- Hardgrove 1655 BM
Etymology
Hurgrove (lost), wið norþan hyrdegraf 960 (c. 1200) BCS 1058, (unum molendinum ad ) Hurdegraue 963 (c. 1200) BCS 1121, (unum molendinum æt ) Hirdegrafe , (an miln æt ) Hyrde grafe 963 (c. 1240) ib, (pasture called) Herdegrave 1274 Ipm, Hurdegrave c. 1270 (l. 14th) Chatsworth , Hurdegroue 1355–6 ObAcc, Hurgrove 1548–9RentSur , 1604, 1615, 1647RecOffCat , Hardgrove 1655 BM, 'grove of the herdsmen', v. hirde , hyrde , heorde , grāf . The precise position is not certain, but the bounds of BCS 1058 suggest that it was in the projecting portion of Steventon parish N. of Cow Common, v. Pt 3.
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Blenheim Cottage
- Cat St
- Causeway
- Coldharbour Barn
- Cow Common
- Folly Trees
- Fox Inn
- Ginge Brook
- The Green
- Hill Barn and Hill Fm
- Kings Arms P.H.
- Manor Fm
- Mere Dike
- Mud Cottage
- New Rd
- Priory
- Railway Ho P.H.
- Rookery Fm
- Sheephouse Barn
- Sheepwash Lane
- Steventon Basin and Steventon Lock
- Steventon Hill
- Stocks, Stocks Lane, Stockslane Fm
- Stone Cottage
- Vulcan Iron Works
- Willowdene Fm
- Woodbine Cottages