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.

Woolsgrove

Other OS name in the Parish of Sandford

Historical Forms

  • Wolmersgrove 1281 Ass
  • Wolsgrove 1333 Oliver

Etymology

is Wolmersgrove 1281Ass (p), Wolsgrove 1333 Oliver 76 . ' Wulfmǣr 's grove . '