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.

Greave

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkburton

Historical Forms

  • le Greaves 1699 WCR1
  • Graves 1771 M

Etymology

, le Greaves 1699WCR 1, Graves 1771M , v. grǣfe ' copse ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site