St Ives

stives English +, Cornwall +, Cambridgeshire +, Dorset +, New South Wales Etymology Cornwall: Seen from 1284. From St Ia, a Cornish saint.A. D. Mills, Oxford Dictionary of English Place Names, 1997, p.282 Cambridgeshire: Seen from 1110. From Ivo of Ramsey, a Cornish saint whose relics were found here. Dorset: Seen from 1167. 'Place overgrown with ivy' from en ang *īfet. Saint added more recently in reference to other settlements called St Ives. New South Wales: Named in 1900, likely from either the Cornish town or after Isaac Ellis Ives, a local politician.St Ives, Dictionary of Sydney, 2008 Pronunciation en /sənt ˈaɪvz/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Tesco250-St Ives.wav UK Proper noun en coastal town/and/cpar with a town council in co/Cornwall cc/England OS grid ref SW5140. Parish map (Cornwall) en market town/and/cpar with a town council in dist/Huntingdonshire co/Cambridgeshire cc/England historically in the County of x/Huntingdonshire OS grid ref TL3172. Parish map (Huntingdonshire) en village par/St Leonards and St Ives east co/Dorset cc/England OS grid ref SU1204. en suburb city/Sydney s/New South Wales c/Australia. Derived terms en St Ives Chase en St Leonards and St Ives See also en St Ive References