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 .