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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.

Nunwick

Major Settlement in the Parish of Ripon

Historical Forms

  • on Nunne wic c.1030 YCh7
  • Nonneuuic, Nonnewic 1086 DB
  • Nonewyk(e) 1303 KF 1474 RipAct
  • Nonwyk 1490 Ipm
  • Nunnewyc 12 Font
  • Nunnewich 13 Ripi
  • Nunnewik, Nunnewyk 13 Font 1300 Ebor 1301 Hom 1316 Vill
  • Nunewyk a.1266 KF 1298 Ebor
  • Nunwyk(e) 13 RegAlbii,38 1293 QW 1535 VE

Etymology

'The nun dairy-farm', v. nunne , wīc . The identity of the nuns is unknown.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site