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Survey of English Place-Names

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Hargrave, Hargrave Hall, Hargrave Old Hall Hargrave Stubbs & Hargrave Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Tarvin

Historical Forms

  • le Haregreve e13 Orm2
  • Haregreve 1285 Court
  • Hargreve l13 Orm2
  • Haregreve 1545 Plea
  • Har(e)grave 1287 Court 1339 BW
  • Heregreue 1304 Chamb
  • Hardegrave 1407 Cl
  • Hardgrave 1646 Sheaf
  • Hergreff 1549 Surv
  • Haregreve Stubbes 1533 Plea
  • Hargrave Stubbs 1842 OS
  • The Stubs, Stubs Farm 1831 Bry
  • Old Hall 1831 Bry
  • Hargrave Hall 1842 OS
  • capella de Stapelford 1222 BW
  • Hargrave Ford 1671 Sheaf

Etymology

'The hoar wood' or 'the hare-wood' from hār2 or hara , and grǣfe . This is the location of a parochial chapel of Tarvin parish, Hargrave Chapel 1831 Bry, Hargrave Stubbs Chapel 17 (1724) NotCestr, v. chapel , cf. Sheaf3 48 (9707). Presumably capella de Stapelford 1222BW refers to a domestic chapel. The Stubs is mapped as woodland in Bryant's map, 'place full of tree stubs', v. stubb , presumably the remains of the 'hoar wood', and gave name to Hargrave Fm 102supra . Hargrave Ford 1671 Sheaf was probably the ford shown in Bryant's map at 109–492628, v. ford . v. Addenda.