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.

Kingrove

Early-attested site in the Parish of Old Sodbury

Historical Forms

  • Kenegraue 1204 P 1244 FF 1327 SR
  • Kenegrove 1487 MinAcct
  • Keningraue 1255 FF
  • Kengrave 1412 Ipm
  • Kingraue, Kyngraue 1497 FF 1522 FF
  • Kyngrove 1515–29 ECP 1564,1642 FF
  • Kingesgrove 1576 MonLand

Etymology

'Cēna's wood', v. grāf . The pers.n. is OE  Cǣna , later Cēna ; it occurs in the f.n. Kingley (infra ).