Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Curtlicgraue 1137 Thame c.1200

• la Graua c.1200(p),early13th StJohn

• Graua c.1220–8 Frid c.1425

• la Graue c.1230 StJohn

• Grauam c.1275 Frid

• la Grave 1278–9 RH

Etymology

The Grove (6″) is Curtlicgraue 1137 (c. 1200) Thame, la Graua c. 1200(p), early 13thSt John , Graua c. 1220–8 (c. 1425) Frid (p), la Graue c. 1230St John (p), Grauam c. 1275 Frid, la Grave 1278–9 RH (p). 'Kirtlington grove' in the first form, later simply 'the grove,' v. grāf(a).