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.

Nineveh

Other OS name in the Parish of Marton

Historical Forms

  • Ninivy 1771 M

Etymology

, Ninivy 1771 M , a biblical allusion .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement