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Survey of English Place-Names

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Howgrave

Major Settlement in the Parish of Kirklington

Historical Forms

  • Hograve 1086 DB 1088 LVD50d
  • Hogram, Hogrem 1086 DB
  • Holgrave 1128–35 YCh 1170–5 Dodscxiii.184 1198 Fount
  • Hougrave 1184 RichReg 1208–10 Fees 1285 KI 1332,1362 FF
  • Howegrave 1403 YI 1536 YChant

Etymology

'Grove in the hollow' v. hol , graf .

Places in the same Parish