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 Margarets Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Nettleden

Etymology

St Margarets Fm is on the site of the early 12th century nunnery of St Margaret de Bosco or Ivinghoe Nunnery (VCH ii, 317). Cf. monialibus Sancte Margarete de Gatesden 1260 Cl, i.e. Gaddesden, St Margaretts wood c. 1660Brownlow .

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement

Early-attested site