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.

Queens ' Grove

Field in the Parish of Motcombe

Historical Forms

  • 1838 TA
  • Queen 's - grove meadow 1624 Hutch
  • Queen 's - grove wood 1624 Hutch

Etymology

Queens' Grove(Queen 's -grove meadow, Queen 's -grove wood 1624, cf. Queen 's Oak 1568(on GillinghamForest bdy), and v. Thorngrove in Gillingham par. supra)