Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Wayngraues 1277–92 Holywell 1407,1408,1430,1442 LMR

• les Wayngraues 1622 ib

• Wayngraves 1452 Anc

• les Wayngraves 1615 LMR

• Wayngraue 1366,1369,1384 ib

• Waingraue 1595 FSurv

• Waingraves 1583 Holywell 1725 Foster 1843 RevesbyA

Etymology

WAINGROVE HO, Wayngraues 1277–92Holywell , 1407, 1408, 1430, 1442LMR , les Wayngraues 1622ib , Wayngraves 1452Anc , les Wayngraves 1615LMR , Wayngraue 1366, 1369, 1384ib , Waingraue 1595FSurv , Waingraves 1583Holywell , 1725Foster , 1843RevesbyA , probably 'the grove(s) or copse(s) where waggons are kept', v. wægn , grāf , though grāf is difficult to separate from grǣfe , a word of similar meaning. The consistent -a - spellings, however, point to grāf .