English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Grappenhall

Major Settlement in the Parish of Grappenhall

Historical Forms

  • Gropenhale 1086 DB
  • Gropen(h)ale l12 et freq
  • Gropenhale 1519 Plea
  • Gropenhall 1349 ChRR 1576 1448 Sheaf 1677
  • Gropenelle 1384 AD
  • Gropenall 1436 Pat 1673 AddCh 1705 Sheaf
  • Gropenehalle 1295 Lacy
  • Groppenhale 1313 CRC
  • Groppenhall 1554 ChRR
  • Groppenhull 1633 Sheaf
  • Gropinhale 1260 Court 1291 Tax
  • Gropynhale 1458 ChRR
  • Grapenale H3 JRC845
  • Grapenhale 1353 BPR
  • Grappenhall 14 Mere 1382 ChRR 1724 NotCestr
  • Grapenwall 1752 Sheaf
  • Cropenhale 1297 CRV
  • Croppenhalle 1536 Dugd
  • Croppenhall 1739 LRMB
  • Grepenhale 1338 Pat
  • Grepenhall 1504 Sheaf
  • Gropnall 1428,1528,1542,1623 ChRR 1637 Chol
  • Gropnale 1528 ChRR
  • Grovenhall 1433 Tab
  • Grapnall 1554 Sheaf 1660,1670,1698 ib
  • Grapnell 1593 Orm2 1656
  • Grapnoe 1690 Sheaf

Etymology

'Nook at a ditch or drain', v. grōpe (gen.sg. grōpan ), halh (dat.sg. hale ). Cf. Gratton D 230.