Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Musegrave, Musegraue 12 NWm 1202 Lowth 1223–46 Carliol 1303 Clib c.1235 P 1242 Weth 1250–60 Pat 1265 1335 ib

• Magna- 1289 FF 1292 Ass32 1292 QW

• parva- 1292 Ass32 1292 QW

• Mussegrave, Mussegraue 1200–10 Crk37 1242 P 1252 Bart 1256 Ass

• -magna, -parva 1415 NWm

• Musgrave, Musgraue 1203–27 CWix,259 1272 FF 1279 Ass1 1290 Abbr 1328 Banco 1693 PR(Wp)

• -magna, -parva 1369 Cliff

• great- 1577 Harrison 1690 Dep

• Little- 1712 PR(Wp)

• Musgrafe 1292 Ipm

• Musgroue magna 1332 SR

• Musgreve upon the hill 1425 BrStAcct

• Mosegraue 1278 Ass1 1279 Macheli,7

• parva Mosgraue 1370 Hom

Etymology

'Mouse-infested wood', mūs, grāf . Other wood-names like Moseley (Wo 356), Mowshurst (K 74), possibly Mowstawehals in Orton (ii, 50supra ), etc. provide parallels. For the affixes v. grēat (Lat  magna ), lȳtel (Lat  parva ), and hyll .