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Monkhaw Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of the monkhaw,' i.e. the monk's enclosure; compare Hay and Haw in Hayward or Haward, which see.

John del Monkhagh, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

'Johannes Monkey, nuper de Laystoff in Com.

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Monkhaw Surname Meaning

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This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of the monkhaw,' i.e. the monk's enclosure; compare Hay and Haw in Hayward or Haward, which see.

John del Monkhagh, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

More than a century afterwards the tendency to imitation appears:

'Johannes Monkey, nuper de Laystoff in Com. Suffochire,' 2 Henry VIII: Sanctuarium Dunelmense et Sanctuarium Beverlacense.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

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