Rooks Grove
Early-attested site in the Parish of Abbot's and King's Ripton
Historical Forms
- Roke(s)graue 1253 ADi 1300,1301 Ct
- Rokysgraue 1275 Ct
- Rokesgroue 1307 Ct
Etymology
'Hroc's grove,' from the pers. name Hrōc rather than from the bird-name. This pers. name is not on record in OE but can be inferred with certainty from such place-names as Ruckinge (K) and Rockingham (Nth), and the corresponding ON Hrókr is well established (cf. MLR, xiv. 241). Cf. Roxton, Ruxox supra 64, 74.