Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• G(h)eregraue 1086 DB

• Geregrave 1251 Pat 1254 YI 1264 FF 1276 RH

• Gairgrave, Gayrgrave, Gayrgrava, Gayrgraue 1150–70,c.1220 Furn 1228–34 YChvii 1285 YI 1466 Testii

• Gayrgraue in Craven 1313 Pat 1321 Dugdv

• Geirgrave, Geyrgrave, Geyrgraue 1226 Ebor 1228–43 YChvii 1246 FF 1317 Pat

• Gairegrave, Gayregrave, Gayregraue 1182 Percy 1186 YChvi l.12 Sawl16d J Puds 1362 FF

• Geyregrave 1226 FF 1231 Pat 1235 Ebor 1304 YI

• Gergrave 1236 Ch 1260 YI 1285 KI 1286 Ebor 1428 FA

• Gargrave 1182–5 YCh199 1303 KF 1374 YDiv 1638 SessnR

Etymology

'Copse in a triangular plot of ground', v. geiri (which may have replaced an earlier OE  gāra), grāf . The forms may be compared with those of Garforth iv, 95supra .