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.

Monkwith

Early-attested site in the Parish of Tunstall

Historical Forms

  • Mon(n)euuic 1086 DB
  • Monkewyke, Monkewik' 1285 YI 1297 LS
  • Munkwyk 1417 BevAct
  • Mounckwick 1621 FF

Etymology

Monkwith is Mon (n )euuic 1086 DB, Monkewyke , Monkewik '1285 YI, 1297 LS, Munkwyk 1417 BevAct, Mounckwick 1621 FF.'Monks' dairy-farm,' from OE  munuc and wic. The berewick belonged to St John of Beverley at the time of the DB Survey (cf. Poulson ii, 84). The change of the final element to -with is late; it may be compared with Skipwith infra 262. Monkwith is now depopulated.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement