Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• bosc' voc' Walgroue 1431 Weld1 1446 Rent 1448 Weld1

• the Towne of Walgroue 1629 DCMDeed 1861 Hutch3

• Walgroue Wood, ground called Walgroue 1686 Weld1

• Walegroues Wood 1640 ib

• Wallgroue Coppice l17 1705 ib

• Wallgrove 1795 Boswell

• Wall Grove 1839 TA

Etymology

Walgrove (lost), bosc ' voc ' Walgroue 1431Weld 1, 1446Rent , 1448Weld 1, the Towne of Walgroue 1629DCMDeed , 1861 Hutch3, Walgroue Wood , ground called Walgroue 1686Weld 1, Walegroues Wood 1640ib , Wallgroue Coppice l17ib , 1705ib , Wallgrove 1795 Boswell, Wall Grove 1839TA , v. grāf(a) 'grove, copse', wudu , copis ; it is not possible to determine the first el., which could be walh 'Welshman, serf', wall 'wall', or walu 'ridge'; Hutch3 1348 describes Walgrove as 'a little ground half a mile N of Combe' (i.e. Coombe K. supra ).