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.

Grove (Fm)

Early-attested site in the Parish of Cranfield

Historical Forms

  • Brechegrove 1294 ADi

Etymology

Self-explanatory except for the first element in the early form.This is the dialectal breach , 'land broken up by the plough' (ME  breche ), discussed in PN Bk 60.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement