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.

Drove Island

Other OS name in the Parish of Studland

Historical Forms

  • Grove Island 1774 Hutch1 1811 OS

Etymology

, 1839TA (Swanage) , Grove Island 1774 Hutch1, 1811 OS , from grāf(a) , replaced by drove , cf. Stone Island infra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement