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.

Nicholashayne

Early-attested site in the Parish of Culmstock

Historical Forms

  • Nycolesheghe 1305 FF
  • Nicholeshaine 1612 Recov
  • Nicholson 1814 ParReg

Etymology

Nycolesheghe 1305FF , Nicholeshaine 1612Recov , Nicholson 1814 ParReg and perhaps takes its name from an ancestor of Nicholas in the More who was living in the parish in 1373 (Ct ).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement