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.

Hazel Grove

Early-attested site in the Parish of Brotton

Historical Forms

Heselgrive 13 VCHii.401

Etymology

'Hazel valley' from ON hesli 'hazel' and gryfja.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Skinningrove

Major Settlement