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.

St James Church

Early-attested site in the Parish of Heavitree

Historical Forms

  • Jacobescherca 1086 DB

Etymology

St James Church (6″) was on the site of the ancient monastery called Jacobescherca 1086 DB, Jacobescirca a. 1095, Jacobescyrca a. 1122 Exeter Book .

Places in the same Parish