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.

Wingrave

Major Settlement in the Parish of Wingrave

Historical Forms

  • Withungrave 1086 DB
  • Witungrave 1086 DB
  • Wiengraua 1175 P 1198
  • Wengrava Ri P 1198 Fines 1201 Cur 1220 Fees313 1223 WellsR 1241 Ass 1283 Ipm 1284 FA 1292 Ch 1328 1346 ADvi 1364 Cl 1372 Pat 1375 Cl 1382 IpmR 1385 Pat 1399 ADiii
  • Wingrave 1198 Cur
  • Wenggraue c.1220 BodlBerks16
  • Wengraue 1227 Ass, FF
  • Weyngrave 1241 Ass 1302 FA
  • Wingraue 1262 Ass
  • Wyngrave 1291 Ch 1301 Ipm 1355,1379 Cl 1418 IpmR 1500 BM 1509 LP
  • Wayngrave 1346 Cl
  • Wingrove 1365 IpmR

Etymology

OE  Wiþnga -grāf (a ), 'grove or thicket of the Withungas.'v. Wingsupra and graf(a).

Places in the same Parish