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.

Woolgreaves

Other OS name in the Parish of Sandal Magna

Historical Forms

  • Wulfgrene (sic for Wulfgreue) 1307 WCR
  • Woolgraves 1709 WMB

Etymology

, Wulfgrene (sic for Wulfgreue )1307 WCR,Woolgraves 1709 WMB , ' wolf wood ' , v. wulf , grǣfe .