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 Greave

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Grave 1582 WillY
  • Greave 1600 PRHept 1817 M
  • Goodgreave als. Greave 1600 FGr
  • Goodgreave 1830 Sav

Etymology

, Grave 1582WillY, Greave 1600 PRHeptet freq to 1817 M, Goodgreave als. Greave 1600FGr 23, Goodgreave 1830Sav , v. gōd , grǣfe ' copse ' , cf. Greave 67supra for a similar variation .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name