Heregrave
Early-attested site in the Parish of Findon
Historical Forms
- Heregraue 1231 FF
- Heregraue 1296 SR
Etymology
Heregrave (lost). In a Sele charter (no. 29) of c. 1256 we have Heregraue as a pers. name and a Heregrautngfeld . It is the Heregraue of 1231 (FF) and the home of William de Heregraue in 1296 (SR). This, as Mr Salzman points out in his edition of the charters, is the heregraf of the OE bounds of Washington (BCS 834). It means 'army grove,' v. here , graf .