Blagrove History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
England

The ancestors of the Blagrove surname lived among the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture. The name comes from when they lived in Blagrave, a tithing in the parish of Lambourn, Berkshire. 1 2

The place name is derived from the Old English word Blaca-graf, which literally means the black or dark grove. 3

Early Origins of the Blagrove family

The surname Blagrove was first found in Berkshire, where "in the 13th century, Alicia de Blackgrave held Bockhampton; and lands in Blagrave were held from William Fitz-Humphry (le Breton) by Nicholas Fitz-Hugh, which Henry III. in 1247 confirmed to Poghele Priory, Berkshire. " 4

Another source confirms the above, but has more details. In this case, the entry was for Alice be Blacgrava in the year 1220 and the entry was found in the Feet of Fines. 5

Early History of the Blagrove family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Blagrove research. Another 79 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1540, 1591, 1603, 1610, 1611, 1630, 1640, 1660, 1662, 1668, 1670, 1682, 1688, 1704, 1705, 1811, 1817, 1821, 1823, 1824, 1830, 1833, 1834, 1837 and 1872 are included under the topic Early Blagrove History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Blagrove Spelling Variations

Before English spelling was standardized a few hundred years ago, spelling variations of names were a common occurrence. Elements of Latin, French and other languages became incorporated into English through the Middle Ages, and name spellings changed even among the literate. The variations of the surname Blagrove include Blagrove, Blagrave, Blackgrove, Blackgrave and others.

Early Notables of the Blagrove family

Notables of this surname at this time include:

Henry Gamble Blagrove was the son of a professor of music at Nottingham, where he was born in October 1811. At four years old he was taught by his father to play on a small violin which he had made fo...

Blagrove migration to Canada +

A great wave of immigration to the New World was the result of the enormous political and religious disarray that struck England at that time. Families left for the New World in extremely large numbers. The long journey was the end of many immigrants and many more arrived sick and starving. Still, those who made it were rewarded with an opportunity far greater than they had known at home in England. These emigrant families went on to make significant contributions to these emerging colonies in which they settled. Some of the first North American settlers carried this name or one of its variants:

Blagrove Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century

Hanah Blagrove, who arrived in Nova Scotia in 1750

Contemporary Notables of the name Blagrove (post 1700) +

Will Blagrove (b. 1981), American actor
Richard Manning Blagrove (d. 1895), English classical concertina composer, performer and arranger
Rear-Admiral Henry Evelyn Charles Blagrove (1887-1939), the first British Royal Navy officer of flag rank 6

Historic Events for the Blagrove family +

HMS Royal Oak

Henry Evelyn Charles Blagrove (1887-1939), British Rear Admiral with the Royal Navy aboard the HMS Royal Oak (1939) when she was torpedoed by U-47 and sunk; he died in the sinking 7

Citations +

Lower, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print.
Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
The Norman People and Their Existing Descendants in the British Dominions and the United States Of America. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1975. Print. (ISBN 0-8063-0636-X)
Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
Henry Blagrove. (Retrieved 2010, October 8) Henry Blagrove. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Blagrove
Ships hit by U-boats crew list HMS Royal Oak (08) - (Retrieved 2018 February, 9th) - retrieved from https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/crews/ship68.html