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Survey of English Place-Names

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Madgrove

Other OS name in the Parish of Church Knowle

Historical Forms

  • Mad Grove Copse 1844 TA

Etymology

, Mad Grove Copse 1844TA , probably ' grove by or with a meadow ' , v. mǣd , grāf(a) , cf. Madmoors in E Holme par . supra , but the first el . could be the adj . mad ' foolish ' giving the name a meaning like ' grove planted as a foolhardy venture ' or ' grove gone wild ' .