St Ives
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English
Etymology
- Cornwall: Seen from 1284. From St Ia, a Cornish saint.[1]
- Cambridgeshire: Seen from 1110. From Ivo of Ramsey, a Cornish saint whose relics were found here.[1]
- Dorset: Seen from 1167. 'Place overgrown with ivy' from Old English *īfet. Saint added more recently in reference to other settlements called St Ives.[1]
- New South Wales: Named in 1900, likely from either the Cornish town or after Isaac Ellis Ives, a local politician.[2]
Pronunciation
Proper noun
- A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW5140). [3]
- A market town and civil parish with a town council in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England, historically in the County of Huntingdonshire (OS grid ref TL3172). [4]
- A village in St Leonards and St Ives parish, east Dorset, England (OS grid ref SU1204).
- A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 A. D. Mills, Oxford Dictionary of English Place Names, 1997, p.282
- ^ St Ives, Dictionary of Sydney, 2008
- ^ Parish map (Cornwall)
- ^ Parish map (Huntingdonshire)