Filgrave

{{Short description|Hamlet in Buckinghamshire, England}}

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Filgrave is a hamlet in the unitary authority area of the City of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England.{{cite map|title=Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 152 Northampton & Milton Keynes (Buckingham & Daventry)|ISBN= 9780319231715 |publisher=Ordnance Survey|date=2014}}

{{cite web |url=https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/opendatadownload/products.html |title=Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer |format=csv (download) |date= 1 January 2016 |publisher=Ordnance Survey |website=www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk |accessdate=18 February 2016}} It is about {{convert|3|mi}} north of Newport Pagnell and {{convert|6|mi}} north-east of Central Milton Keynes.

The hamlet name is an Old English language word, and means 'Fygla's grove'.{{cite book|title=A Dictionary of British Place Names|first1= A.D.|last1= Mills|publisher=Oxford University Press| location=Oxford| orig-year= first published 1991|date=2011|edition=First edition revised 2011|isbn=9780199609086|page=188}} In manorial rolls of 1241 it was listed as Filegrave.