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.