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.

Monks Dike

Early-attested site in the Parish of Holme East Waver

Historical Forms

  • fossatum monachorum 1201 ChR 1285 For
  • the moncke ditche 1578 Cocker
  • Munkinge dike 1657 CWxxi

Etymology

v. dīc .