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.

Nuns Path

Other OS name in the Parish of Warminster

Historical Forms

  • Nunpathe 1577 Longleat

Etymology

is Nunpathe 1577Longleat . Tradition has it that this led up from a spot which was still called the Nunnery in Hoare 's day ( Hoare 12 ) .