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.

Hurgrove

Early-attested site in the Parish of Steventon

Historical Forms

  • wið norþan hyrdegraf 960 BCS1058 c.1200
  • (unum molendinum ad) Hurdegraue 963 BCS1121 c.1200
  • (unum molendinum æt) Hirdegrafe, (an miln æt) Hyrde grafe 963 c.1240 ib
  • Herdegrave 1274 Ipm
  • Hurdegrave c.1270 Chatsworth l.14th
  • Hurdegroue 1355–6 ObAcc
  • Hurgrove 1548–9 RentSur 1604,1615,1647 RecOffCat
  • Hardgrove 1655 BM

Etymology

Hurgrove (lost), wið norþan hyrdegraf 960 (c. 1200) BCS 1058, (unum molendinum ad ) Hurdegraue 963 (c. 1200) BCS 1121, (unum molendinum æt ) Hirdegrafe , (an miln æt ) Hyrde grafe 963 (c. 1240) ib, (pasture called) Herdegrave 1274 Ipm, Hurdegrave c. 1270 (l. 14th) Chatsworth , Hurdegroue 1355–6 ObAcc, Hurgrove 1548–9RentSur , 1604, 1615, 1647RecOffCat , Hardgrove 1655 BM, 'grove of the herdsmen', v. hirde , hyrde , heorde , grāf . The precise position is not certain, but the bounds of BCS 1058 suggest that it was in the projecting portion of Steventon parish N. of Cow Common, v. Pt 3.