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.

Grove Hall & Grove Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Darrington

Historical Forms

  • Greave Hall 1771 M
  • Grove Hall 1795 PRDr
  • Grove Wood 1841 O.S.

Etymology

, Greave Hall 1771 M, Grove Hall 1795 PRDr, Grove Wood 1841 O.S. , v. grāf ' grove ' ; Greave is from the related grǣfe , as in the nearby Greavefield 67infra .