Chicksgrove
Early-attested site in the Parish of East Tisbury
Historical Forms
- Chichesgrave, Chichesgrava t.Hy2 Shaston 1225 SR
- Chikesgrava, Chikesgrave 1268,1312 Ass
- Chykesgrove 1279,1281,1289 Ass
- Chikes Grove 1546 LP
- Chekesgrave 1452 FF
- Chekisgrove 1526 Ct
- Cheysgrove 1552 FF
- Checkgrove 1557 Pat
- Chekesgrove al. Chickesgrove 1571 NQvii
- Cheekesgrove al. Cheesgrove 1636 WIpm
- Chisgrove 1648 WMxxxvii
Etymology
This may be for earlier chiknesgrava or it may be direct from chicke which already appears independently in the 14th century (NED s. v .) as a reduced form of chicken . In Chicksgrove, chick may be used of the bird or it may be a nickname used as a surname, v. græfe and infra 432–3.