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.

Grove Town

Early-attested site in the Parish of Pontefract

Historical Forms

  • Greve c.1200,c.1210 Pont
  • Grove Cottage 1841 O.S.

Etymology

Grove Town, Greve c. 1200, c. 1210 Pont, Grove Cottage 1841 O.S.v. grǣfe 'a copse', replaced by ModE  grove (from grāf ), cf. Greavefield Closes 80infra .