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.

Rutland Cavern

Other OS name in the Parish of Matlock Bath

Historical Forms

  • Nes(s)tow(e)s gro(o)ve, Nesthouse grove 1671 Dep

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) , 1827 Guide , named from the Dukes of Rutland . It was earlier Nes (s )tow (e )s gro (o )ve , Nesthouse grove 1671Dep , v. grāf .