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Survey of English Place-Names

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Nunnery Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Sheffield

Historical Forms

  • The Nunneryes or Elmer Cliff 1699 SheffMan
  • Great, Middle & Near Nunnery 1766 Fairb

Etymology

, The Nunneryes or Elmer Cliff 1699 SheffMan, Great , Middle & Near Nunnery 1766Fairb , from ME  nonnerye ' a nunnery ' , but the allusion is obscure , unless it is to a house of ill - fame ( a sense nunnery develops later ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name