Chalgrove
Major Settlement in the Parish of Chalgrove
Historical Forms
- Celgrave 1086 DB
- Chalgraue 1087 EHRxl 15th Pat 1577
- Chalgrove 1285 Ass 1295 Ipm 1317
- Shalgraue c.1110 EHRxl 15th
- Chelgraue 1155–62 Os 1268 Ass 1275–6 RH
- Chealgraue 1163–78 OxonCh
- Chaugrave 1199 Ch 1274 Ipm
- Chauegraue 1200 Cur
- Cholgrave 1229 Ch
- Chalcgraua 1235–6 Fees
- Chalkgraue 1252 FF 1285 Ass
- Chalfgraue 1240 Cl c.1240 Os
- Challegraue 1246–7 Ass
- Chalegrave 1274 Cl
Etymology
'At the chalk- or limestone-pit.' The name is identical with Chalgrave in Beds (PN BedsHu 116–17). The second element was originally the dative singular of græf, for which grove has been substituted. The first element is c(e)alc.