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

Major Settlement in the Parish of Grove

Historical Forms

  • Langrave 1086 DB
  • Grava 1222 WellsR 1244 Gross
  • La Grave 1227 FF 1247 Ass 1284 FA 1311 Cl
  • La Grave near Leycton Hyiii Ipm
  • La Grove by Mentemore 1346 Misc
  • Grove Neyrnuyt 1347 Ipm
  • Grave 1366 Pat
  • Groove Eliz ChancP

Etymology

Self-explanatory. v. graf(a). Defined as near Leighton Buzzard or from its tenure by the Neyrnuyt family, which goes back to the 13th cent. (FF 1256).

Places in the same Parish

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