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.

Monkswell

Early-attested site in the Parish of Sampford Spiney

Historical Forms

  • Mankeswill(e) 1340 SR
  • Mankyswill(e) 1365 Ct
  • Mankiswill(e) 1377 Ct
  • Manteswille 1365 Ct

Etymology

'Manec 's spring,' wielle.The weak form Maneca occurs in Redin (157), a diminutive of the OE  pers. name Mann or Mana . Cf. Manxey (PN Sx 445).

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