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.

Groves Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Leigh

Historical Forms

  • Grovelond c.1470 Norfolk

Etymology

is Grovelond c. 1470Norfolk . Cf. also la Grofcrofte c. 1350Norfolk . v. graf(a) . The s is pseudo - manorial .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement