English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Polegrove

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bexhill

Historical Forms

  • Poghgroue c.1375 SRS31,133

Etymology

Polegrove (not on map) is Poghgroue c. 1375 SRS 31, 133.It is probably a compound of puca and graf(a), hence, 'goblin wood.'