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.

Blackgrove

Early-attested site in the Parish of Waddesdon

Historical Forms

Blagraue 1227 Ass Hyiii BM

Blakegrave Hyiii Ipm

Blagegrave 1300 Ipm

Hamme Blakegrave 1302 FA

Blacgrove 1545 LP

Etymology

Self-explanatory. For Hamme , v . Woodham infra .

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement

Waddesdon

Early-attested site