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.'