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Survey of English Place-Names

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Monks Hardwick

Early-attested site in the Parish of St Neots

Historical Forms

  • Herdwic, Herdewyk Monachorum 1203,1313 FF
  • Hungry Hardwick 1766 J

Etymology

v. heordewic . This Hardwick was distinguished from others by being known as Monks ' from its possession by the monks of St Neots. It also seems to have had a reproachful epithet 'Hungry.'

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement