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.

Shortgrove

Early-attested site in the Parish of Whipsnade

Historical Forms

  • Sortegraue 1160–7 Dunst 13th FF 1209
  • Scortegrave c.1160 Dunst 13th
  • Shortegrave 1209 Abbr
  • Schertegrave 1304 ADii 1305 ADiii

Etymology

Self-explanatory.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement

Early-attested site