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.

Nunnery

Other OS name in the Parish of Castle Hedingham

Historical Forms

  • manor called le Nonrye of Hedyngham 1548 Pat

Etymology

is manor called le Nonrye of Hedyngham 1548 Pat , from the nunnery founded before 1190 (M ii, 296) .