English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Good Greave

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • le Goodgreue, Go(o)degreuebroke, Go(o)degreuehed 1492 MinAcct
  • Goodgreve 1529 WCR

Etymology

1639 WillY , le Goodgreue ,Go (o )degreuebroke , Go (o )degreuehed 1492MinAcct , Goodgreve 1529WCR , ' goodcopse ' , v. gōd , grǣfe ' copse ' ; the name appears several times , cf. Good Greave ii, 290, Greave 67 supra , 204 infra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement