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.

Bellgreave

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkburton

Historical Forms

  • Belgrave 1843 O.S.

Etymology

, Belgrave 1843 O.S. , possibly of the same origin as or derived ( as a surname ) from Belgrave Ch , v. bēl ' beacon ' , grǣfe ' copse ' ; it is on the side of a prominent hill .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site