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 Ives

Major Settlement in the Parish of St Ives

Historical Forms

  • S. Yvo de Slepe 1110 Rams c.1350 BM 1130
  • villa S. Yuonis 1200 FF
  • St Ive 1485 IpmR

Etymology

The town takes its name from St Ivo whose relics were said to have been discovered here at the end of the 10th cent. For Slepe v. infra 222.

Places in the same Parish