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.

Sudgrove

Early-attested site in the Parish of Miserden

Historical Forms

  • Sodgraue 1248 Ass
  • Suthgrave 1307 ADi
  • Sudgraue 1494 MinAcct
  • Sudgrove 1620,1622 FF
  • Suttgrove 1611 FF

Etymology

'The south wood', v. sūð , grāf ; it lies in the south of the parish.A similar name is Sutgrove (ii, 141infra ).