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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.

Nuncargate

Early-attested site in the Parish of Kirkby in Ashfield

Etymology

Nuncargate. Cf. Nunnekeyre 1232 Ch, Nounneker c. 1250Welbeck , Nonneker 1300 For, 1338 Pat, Nunneker c. 1300For , None Karre 1539 WoodsRept, Nunn Carrhedge 1663 ib. 'Nuns'' or possibly 'Nunna 's marshland,' v. kiarr .