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Survey of English Place-Names

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Field Grove (Ctgs)

Other OS name in the Parish of Durweston

Historical Forms

  • bosci domini vocat' Fylgrove 1564 Hen2
  • Great Feyldegrove Woodd 1567 Hen1
  • copice of wood cawled Filgroes 1583 AddCh
  • Filgraves 1590 Hen2
  • Filgroves 1811 OS

Etymology

, bosci domini vocat ' Fylgrove 1564Hen 2, Great Feyldegrove Woodd 1567Hen 1, copice of wood cawled Filgroes 1583AddCh , Filgraves 1590Hen 2, Filgroves 1811 OS , ' grove in opencountry ' , v. feld , grāf(a) .