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.

Wolfsgrove

Other OS name in the Parish of Bishopsteignton

Historical Forms

  • Wolysgrove 1333 SR

Etymology

is Wolysgrove 1333SR (p), Wollesgrove 1619, Woolsgrove 1716FF , suggesting that the f is a quite late introduction .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement