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.

Shortgrove Park

Early-attested site in the Parish of Newport

Historical Forms

  • Scortegrauā 1086 DB
  • Sortegrauā ib.
  • Sortegrave juxta Neuport 1212 RBE
  • Sotesgrave 1189–98 WAM 1201 Cur
  • Short(e)grave 1225 FF

Etymology

Shortgrove Park is Scortegrauā 1086 DB, Sortegrauā ib., Sortegrave juxta Neuport 1212 RBE, Sotesgrave 1189–98WAM , 1201 Cur, Short (e )grave 1225 FF. Self-explanatory. v. graf(a).

Places in the same Parish