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.

St Monica's Priory

Other OS name in the Parish of Spettisbury

Historical Forms

  • The Nunnery 1838 TA

Etymology

, The Nunnery 1838TA , occupied by various communities of nuns c. 1800 – 1927 , v. Hutch3 3519–20 , cf . The Summer Ho infra ; it was called Sion Ho 1863Hutch3 after the London house of that name .