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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.

Hargrave Hall

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bickenhill

Historical Forms

  • Haregrave 1240 FF
  • water of Haregrave t.Hy3 ADii
  • Hargrave in Bykenhulle 1318 BM
  • Hargrove feild 1608 LRMB

Etymology

Hargrave Hall is Haregrave 1240 FF, water of Haregrave t. Hy 3 AD ii, Hargrave in Bykenhulle 1318 BM, Hargrove feild 1608LRMB .'Boundary grove,' v. har , grafa . The place stands at the meeting- place of the parishes of Bickenhill, Elmdon and Hampton in Arden. Cf. Hargrave (PN Nth 191).