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.

Monyash

Major Settlement in the Parish of Monyash

Historical Forms

  • Maneis 1086 DB
  • Manias(s) 1254–7 DbCh 1279 LichChart
  • Manyesshes 1278 Pat
  • Moniax 1101–8 RegLich 1236 Fees
  • Moniasch(e), Monyasch(e), Monyass(c)h(e), Monyash(e) 1198–1208 RegLich 1215 LichChart 1285 For
  • Moni(h)ass(e), Mony(h)ass(e), Mony (h)as(e) 1200 P c.1236 BelCh 1243 Fees 1251 DbAv 1482 Derby
  • Monyesse 1275 Cl
  • Moneyash(e) 1589 Lanc 1758 Bowen 1767 Burdett

Etymology

'Many ash-trees', v. manig , æsc ; cf. One Ash Grange infra 149.