Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Sparchgreue 1348 Plea

• Sparwegreve 1348 Orm2

• Sparwegrene 1387 ChRR

• Sparrogreve 1482 Chol

• Sparowgreue, Sparowe Gravue 1486 MinAcct

• Sparrowgrene, Sparrowgreve 1527 Orm2

• Sparrowgreave 1528 Plea 1838 TA

• Sparrowgreaue 1638 Orm2

• Sparrow Grave Hall 1800 Sheaf

• Sparrow grove 1831 Bry

Etymology

'Wood frequented by sparrows', v. spearwa , grǣfe , cf. Sparrow Greaves 17supra . Some forms show -n - for -u - in -greue . The unique spelling Sparch - is probably -ch - for -th - for ƿ.