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.

The Grove

Other OS name in the Parish of Ingham

Etymology

, a Georgian house ( Pevsner 178 ) , cf. Capounesgrave 1345Ipm , OE  capun ' castrated cock ' , as a surname metonymic for a seller of capons ( v. Reaney s.n. Capon ) and grāf , grǣfe ( for the spelling -grave , v. Ekwall DEPN s.n. græf ) .