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.

Monk's Road

Other OS name in the Parish of Charlesworth

Historical Forms

  • le Cauce 1290 Ch
  • Monks Road 1843 O

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) , le Cauce 1290 Ch, Monks Road 1843 O , v. caucie ; the modern name recalls a former association with the Abbey of Basingwerk .