Blagrove Fm
Early-attested site in the Parish of Wroughton
Historical Forms
- boscus de Blakegrave, bosc. de Blakingrave, Blakengrove 1268 Ass
- Blaggrave 1287 Ipm
- Blakegrove 1399 Pat
- Blakgrove 1512 Ct
Etymology
Blagrove Fm is boscus de Blakegrave , bosc. de Blakingrave , Blakengrove 1268Ass , Blaggrave 1287 Ipm, Blakegrove 1399 Pat, Blakgrove 1512Ct . 'Black thicket,' see græfe infra 432–3.The Hundred meeting-place, v. supra 274. For the curious forms in -ing - found here and still more in the hundred-name, cf. the early forms of Shortengrove supra 216.