Gravenhurst
Early-attested site in the Parish of Bolney
Historical Forms
- Grauenherst 1313 FF
- Grauehurst 1327,1332 SR
Etymology
Gravenhurst is Grauenherst 1313 FF, Grauehurst 1327, 1332 SR (all p). This would seem to be from OE grǣfan -hyrst , 'wood of the brushwood-thicket,' v. græfe , hyrst . Cf. Gravenhunger (PN Sa 106) from the same first element and hangra , Gravenhurst (PN BedsHu 151) and Gravenhill (O), c. 1210 BM Gravenhull .
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