Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Gropenhale 1086 DB

• Gropen(h)ale l12 et freq

• Gropenhale 1519 Plea

• Gropenhall 1349 ChRR 1576 1448 Sheaf 1677

• Gropenelle 1384 AD

• Gropenall 1436 Pat 1673 AddCh 1705 Sheaf

• Gropenehalle 1295 Lacy

• Groppenhale 1313 CRC

• Groppenhall 1554 ChRR

• Groppenhull 1633 Sheaf

• Gropinhale 1260 Court 1291 Tax

• Gropynhale 1458 ChRR

• Grapenale H3 JRC845

• Grapenhale 1353 BPR

• Grappenhall 14 Mere 1382 ChRR 1724 NotCestr

• Grapenwall 1752 Sheaf

• Cropenhale 1297 CRV

• Croppenhalle 1536 Dugd

• Croppenhall 1739 LRMB

• Grepenhale 1338 Pat

• Grepenhall 1504 Sheaf

• Gropnall 1428,1528,1542,1623 ChRR 1637 Chol

• Gropnale 1528 ChRR

• Grovenhall 1433 Tab

• Grapnall 1554 Sheaf 1660,1670,1698 ib

• Grapnell 1593 Orm2 1656

• Grapnoe 1690 Sheaf

Etymology

'Nook at a ditch or drain', v. grōpe (gen.sg. grōpan ), halh (dat.sg. hale ). Cf. Gratton D 230.