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.

Ivy Church

Early-attested site in the Parish of Alderbury

Historical Forms

  • Monasterium Hederosum 1109–20 StOsmund
  • Capella Ederosa 1155 RBE
  • Monasterio Ederoso 1224 SarumCh 1231 Cl 1249 Ass
  • monastery of Hederose 1250 WIpm
  • domus ederose 1404 Ass
  • Ivicherche 1394 Ass
  • Ivechurch(e) 1341 Ch, Pat
  • Yvechurche 1461 Ct
  • Iveschurch t.Hy8 Rental
  • Priorat' de Ederos al. Iveschurch 1536 MinAcct
  • Ederos al. Ivechurche 1541 LP

Etymology

'Ivy-covered church.' Cf. Ivychurch (PN K 479).