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.

Monkton Ho

Other OS name in the Parish of Chippenham

Historical Forms

  • Monketon t.Hy8 AOMB
  • Mounckton lands 1605 BorRec
  • Monckton juxta Chippenham 1626 WIpm

Etymology

is Monketon t. Hy 8AOMB , Mounckton lands 1605 BorRec, Monckton juxta Chippenham 1626 WIpm . Malmesbury Abbey held land in the parish .