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.

Adam's Grave

Early-attested site in the Parish of Alton Priors

Historical Forms

  • Wodnesbeorge 825 BCS390

Etymology

Adam's Grave is to be identified with the Wodnesbeorge of 825 (BCS 390). 'Woden 's barrow,' cf. Wansdyke supra 17.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name