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.

Monkstone

Other OS name in the Parish of Brentor

Historical Forms

  • Monkiston 1770 Recov

Etymology

is Monkiston 1770Recov . The manor of Brentor belonged to the monks of Tavistock Abbey .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement