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.

Grove

Major Settlement in the Parish of Grove

Historical Forms

  • Grave 1086 DB 1195,1197 P 1428 FA
  • Le Grave 1321 Ipm
  • Grove 1303 Ebor 1330 Ass 1332 FF 1512 NtIpm

Etymology

'At the grove or wood,' v. grafa , with early confusion of grafa and græfe . Cf. infra 283.

Places in the same Parish