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.

Petegroves

Early-attested site in the Parish of St Bees

Historical Forms

le pete grovis 1474 StB

Petgroffes 1498 ib

Petegroves t.Hy8 AOMB

Etymology

'Peat pits,' v. gróf .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement

St Bees