Information about Grove
War Memorial – History of Grove
Grove is a village and civil parish on Letcombe Brook, about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of Wantage in the Vale of White Horse.
The origin of the name is Old English grafa and graefe – ‘the grove’. Known as La Grave in 1188 and Grove from 1316. Historically, a part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire.
Grove Parish Church
Parish Population
The 1911 Census returns recorded the parish’s population as 590 (294 males and 296 females),
the 1921 Census as 618 (source: Census of England & Wales 1921: County of Berks, Table 5),
the 1931 Census as 626 (source Census of England & Wales 1931: County of Berks (part 1) Table 3),
the 1951 Census as 1,314 (source: Census 1951 England and Wales: County report Berkshire, Table 3, HMSO, 1954)
and the 2011 Census as 7,178 (source: Grove Parish key figures for 2011 census; Key Statistics).
Grove Recreation Ground Gates
Maps of Grove
Map of Grove in 1913
Map of Wantage in 1913