English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Monkcombe Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of North Nibley

Historical Forms

  • Muncken wood lease, Munkum Eliz Surv

Etymology

, Muncken wood lease , Munkum ElizSurv , ' monks'valley ' , v. munuc , cumb .