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.

Grimes Groove

Other OS name in the Parish of Linton

Historical Forms

  • William Gryme 16 PRLnt

Etymology

, v. gróf ' the channel or hollow a streammakes for itself ' , named from the local family of William Gryme (16PRLntfreq ) .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site