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.

Monk Wall

Other OS name in the Parish of Ripon

Historical Forms

  • Stanwal 12 Font

Etymology

, Stanwal 12 Font , ' stone wall ' , v. stān , wall , part of the system of walls which enclosed the estates of Fountains Abbey and of which parts are referred to elsewhere ( cf. 137 , 185 , 202 ) .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site