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.

Shortengrove

Early-attested site in the Parish of Grovely Wood

Historical Forms

  • Scortingrave 1331 Stowe
  • Shortingrove 1331 For
  • Shortyngrovt (sic) 1475 Pat
  • Shortingegrove 1570 PembSurv
  • Scortingrave 13th Bradenstoke

Etymology

Shortengrove is Scortingrave 1331Stowe 925, Shortingrove 1331For , Shortyngrovt (sic)1475 Pat, Shortingegrove 1570 PembSurv. This name has a parallel in unidentified Scortingrave (13thBradenstoke ) in Burbage. Both alike must go back to OE  sceortan grǣfan , 'short thicket,' v. græfe and infra 432–3.