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.

Monkby

Early-attested site in the Parish of Catterick

Historical Forms

  • Munkeby 13 Easby
  • Monkby 1540 Dugdiii.606

Etymology

'The monks' farm' from OE  munuc and by.