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.

Corngrave

Early-attested site in the Parish of Upleatham

Historical Forms

  • Cornegreve 1273 YI

Etymology

'Cranes' or herons' pit (or valley)' from OE  *corn 'crane, heron' (v. Cornbrough 32supra ) and gryfja . Corngrave Farm is on the slope of a hill, but the name perhaps referred originally to a small valley which lies 200 yards to the south-west.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement