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.

Grovebury

Early-attested site in the Parish of Leighton Buzzard

Historical Forms

  • Grava 1195 FF
  • la Grave 1245 Cl
  • le Grove 1310 Ch
  • Grovesbury 1363 Cl
  • Grovebury, Grovebyry 1387 Cl 1390–2 CS

Etymology

Self-explanatory. The bury is manorial, v. burh .

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement

Early-attested site