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.

Nun Low

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bradwell

Historical Forms

  • (boscum regis de) Nunneleg' Hy3 For
  • (bosci de) Nonneleye, (bosci de) Noneleye 1285 ib
  • Nunley 1688 Map

Etymology

Nun Low (6″), (boscum regis de ) Nunneleg 'Hy 3For , (bosci de ) Nonneleye , (bosci de ) Noneleye 1285 ib, Nunley 1688Map . 'Nunna's wood', v. lēah . For the later interchange of lēah and hlāw , cf. Barlow infra 203.