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.

Monkwick

Other OS name in the Parish of Colchester

Historical Forms

  • Monk(e)wike 1536 LP 1546 Pat

Etymology

is Monk (e )wike 1536 LP, 1546 Pat . v. wic . This belonged to St John 's Abbey .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement