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.

Cravenhill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Taynton

Historical Forms

  • Gravenhull(e) c.1275 For 1276 RH 1307,1338 Ipm 1310 GR421
  • Gravenhill 1541 MinAcct
  • Crauenhulle 1327 SR
  • Gravonhilles feld 1581 Rent

Etymology

Cravenhill, Gravenhull (e )c. 1275For (p), 1276 RH, 1307, 1338 Ipm, 1310GR 421(p), Gravenhill 1541MinAcct , Crauenhulle 1327SR (p), Gravonhilles feld 1581Rent . The first el. could be OE  grafa 'trench, ditch', græfen 'excavated' (pa.pt. of grafan 'to dig') or the OE  *græfen 'excavation' suggested for Greno Knoll (YW i, 246). v. hyll .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement