English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Monkhill Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Flaxley

Historical Forms

  • boscum monachorum de Flexleye 1282 For
  • le Monken 1544 LP
  • Monk Hill 1830 M
  • monachis de Dene 12 Flax

Etymology

, boscum monachorum de Flexleye 1282For , le Monken 1544 LP, Monk Hill 1830 M, named from the monks ofFlaxley Abbey (monachis de Dene 12 Flax ) .

Places in the same Parish