English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Seagrave's Farm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Penn

Historical Forms

  • Segraves 1400 Pat

Etymology

A manorial name. There was a Stephen de Segrave in Penn in 1230 (FF). This was Stephen de Segrave, Justiciar of England, who derived his name from Seagrave (Lei).

Places in the same Parish