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Survey of English Place-Names

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High Grove

Other OS name in the Parish of Windermere

Historical Forms

  • a close above grove 1597 Ambls
  • High graue 1707 Ct
  • the Groves 1793 West

Etymology

, a close above grove 1597 Ambls 82, High graue 1707Ct , the Groves 1793 West , v. grāf ' wood ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name