Nun Monkton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Nun Monkton
Historical Forms
- Monechetone, Monuchetone 1086 DB
- Meneketon (sic for Moneketon) 1167,1168 P
- Muneketon 1169 P 1195 FF
- Monketon, Munketon 1147–53 YCh535 1268 FF
- Nunne Munketon 1298 Abbr 1299 Baild
- Nun Munketon 1303 KF 1368 Baild 1403 Pat
- Nunmonkton 1397 Works
- Nonmonkton 1433 Testii
- Nonne Mounckton 1613 FF
Etymology
'The monks' farmstead', v. munuc , tūn , and Moor Monkton (iv, 257supra ) across the R. Nidd, from which it is distinguished as 'Nun' (v. nunne ) from the priory of nuns founded here in the twelfth century (Dugd iv, 193).