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.

Congreve

Early-attested site in the Parish of Penkridge

Historical Forms

  • Comegrave 1086 DB
  • Cumgrave 1236 FF
  • Cungrave 1203,1227 Ass 1215 ChR 1261 PenkridgeInq 1293 Banco
  • Cungreve 1321 Ipm 1327 SR
  • Cunegrave 1227 Ass
  • Coungreve 1554 Ct
  • Con(e)grave 1203,1271 Ass
  • Con(e)greve c.1291 Tax 1362to1375 Ipm
  • Connegreve 1372 Ch
  • Congreyve 1543 Ct
  • Congreave 1596 ParReg 1619,1651 PCC 1658 Dep
  • Congreve 1215 MRA 1306 GDR 1314,1316 FF 1316 Banco 1428 Fine 1535 VE 1568 Pat 1578 Survey 1658 Dep 1834 O

Etymology

'The grove or copse in a valley', v. cumb , grǣfe . The latter el. is commonest in the W. Midls.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site