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.

Mungden Wood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hurley

Historical Forms

  • Little, Middle and Upper Mungdens 1843 TA
  • Monckesdon EdI Hurley
  • Munkenedoune 1353 ib
  • Monkeden Field 16th VCHiii153

Etymology

Mungden Wood, Little , Middle and Upper Mungdens 1843TA , and probably Monckesdon Ed I Hurley, Munkenedoune 1353 ib, Monkeden Field 16th VCH iii153, 'monks' hill', v. munuc , dūn . The monks were presumably those belonging to the Priory.