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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.

Nyn Park

Early-attested site in the Parish of Northaw

Historical Forms

  • Nynne 1536 MinAcct 1556 AOMB
  • Nonne 1544 Dugdii
  • Ninn Hall 1596 N

Etymology

Nyn Park is Nynne 1536MinAcct , 1556AOMB , Nonne 1544 Dugd ii, Ninn Hall 1596 N. This may go back to ME  atten inne , 'at the dwelling or inn,' with the common Hertfordshire development noted in Introd. xxv.

Places in the same Parish