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Survey of English Place-Names

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Moynes Hall

Early-attested site in the Parish of Holywell cum Needingworth

Historical Forms

  • Moynes Hall Eliz ChancP

Etymology

It seems very probable that this is the messuage with garden and 1 carucate of land and 10 acres of meadow which the Abbot of Ramsey held in Needingworth of the gift of Sir Berenger le Moyne in 1279, RH ii. 602 (VCH ).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement