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.

Mulgrave

Early-attested site in the Parish of Lythe

Historical Forms

  • Grif 1086 DB
  • Mulegrif, Mulegrive 1155–65,1222–7 Whitby
  • Mul(e)greve 1224 Pat 1268 Ebor 1414 Test 1415 YI
  • Mulgref 1303 KF
  • Mulgrave 1285 KI 16 ForP 1335
  • Moulgraue 1577 Saxton
  • Mowgrave 1577 FF 1613 NR

Etymology

'Muli's valley' v. gryfja , here applied to the steep-sided valley in which Mulgrave stands. Cf. Mowthorpe 35supra .