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.

Norgrovesend Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bayton

Historical Forms

  • Northgrave 1275,1332 SR 1316 Ipm
  • Norgroves 1615 Wills

Etymology

Though all the early examples of this name are personal it is probably not manorial. The grove lies at the north end of the parish.

Places in the same Parish