Filgrave
Appearance
Filgrave is a hamlet in the Borough of Milton Keynes and ceremonial Buckinghamshire, England.[1] [2] It is about three miles north of Newport Pagnell.
The hamlet name is an Old English language word, and means 'Fygla's grove'.[3] In manorial rolls of 1241 it was listed as Filegrave.
Civil parish
Together with its neighbouring village , it forms the civil parish of Tyringham and Filgrave.
References
- ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 152 Northampton & Milton Keynes (Buckingham & Daventry) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2014. ISBN 9780319231715.
- ^ "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
- ^ Mills, A.D. (2011) [first published 1991]. A Dictionary of British Place Names (First edition revised 2011 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 188. ISBN 9780199609086.
External links
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