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.

Haygrove Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Wardour

Historical Forms

  • bosco de Heygrave 1279,1281 Ass
  • Eigroves mead 1635 WIpm

Etymology

Haygrove Fm (6″) is bosco de Heygrave 1279, 1281Ass , Eigroves mead 1635 WIpm. A compound of (ge)hæg, 'enclosure,' and græfe , 'thicket.' See infra 432–3.