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.

Monkyn Pin Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Wilmington

Historical Forms

  • Munckenepende 1393 MemoKR
  • Monkyn Pynde 1541 SAC4,58
  • Mounkenpin 1615 CplM
  • Monkyn Pyn 1673 CplM

Etymology

Monkyn Pin Fm is Munckenepende 1393MemoKR , Monkyn Pynde 1541 SAC 4, 58, Mounkenpin 1615CplM , Monkyn Pyn 1673CplM . 'Monks' enclosure.' It was an enclosed acre of land belonging to Wilmington Priory. For Pynd , v. Pen Hill supra 200.

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