Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• the Blessed Place (locus benedictus) upon (the) Tar(r)ent(e)' 1237 Ch, Pat

• 'the abbey of T(h)arent(e)' 1237 Ch

• locus (benedictus) Regine super T(h)arente, locus (benedictus) Regine super T(h)arenta 1260 FF 1347 Pat

• Locus Richardi Episcopi 1383 Hutch3

• Tarent(e) Abbe 1384 Cl

• Tarent(e) Abbey 1450 Weld1

• the Cistercian house of St Mary the Virgin, Tarent…called Locus Regine on Tarent' 1449 Pat

• Tarente nunnery 1535–43 Leland

• 'Terenta of the Nuns' 1535 VCHDo

Etymology

St Mary & All Saints' Abbey (Remains of) (ST 922034), 'the Blessed Place (locus benedictus ) upon (the ) Tar (r )ent (e )'1237 Ch, Pat, 'the abbey of T (h )arent (e )'1237 Ch et freq , locus (benedictus ) Regine super T (h )arente , locus (benedictus ) Regine super T (h )arenta 1260 FF, 1347 Pat, Locus Richardi Episcopi 1383 Hutch3, Tarent (e ) Abbe 1384 Cl, Tarent (e ) Abbey 1450Weld 1, 'the Cistercian house of St Mary the Virgin , Tarent …called Locus Regine on Tarent '1449 Pat, Tarente nunnery 1535–43 Leland, 'Terenta of the Nuns '1535 VCHDo, v. par. name supra , St Mary's Church, Tarrant Abbey Fm infra , VCHDo 2 87–90. Locus Regine 'the place of the Queen' alludes to Eleanor, wife of Hy 3, in whose patronage the abbey was placed (VCHDo 288), or to Joan, wife of Alexander 2 of Scotland and sister of Hy 3, who was buried here (loc. cit .); Locus Richardi Episcopi 'the place of bishop Richard' alludes to Richard le Poor, bishop of Chichester, Salisbury and Durham, who rebuilt the abbey c.1230 (op. cit. 87).