科文特花園的[[河岸街]]在[[羅馬不列顛]]時代是一條通往[[西尔切斯特]]的路，在《[[安敦尼行记]]》中記為“Iter VII”<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roman-britain.org/antonine-itinerary.htm |title=The Antonine Itinerary |publisher=Roman Britain Organisation |accessdate=2 May 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110703033434/http://roman-britain.org/antonine-itinerary.htm |archivedate=3 July 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=22101 |title=A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 1 | author=J. S. Cockburn |year=1969|editor=H. P. F. King |editor2=K. G. T. McDonnell |pages=64–74 |publisher=Institute of Historical Research |accessdate=31 July 2010 }}</ref>。2006 2006 年在[[聖馬田教堂]]挖掘出一座古羅馬墓穴<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6196972.stm |title=Ancient body prompts new theories |publisher=BBC News |accessdate=31 July 2010 | date=1 December 2006}}</ref>。1985年和2005年在河岸街北部發現了兩個盎格魯撒克遜人遺址，表示在公元600年左右這裡曾是一個貿易中心<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pre-construct.com/Sites/Highlights/Bedford.htm|author=Jim Leary |title=Excavations at 15–16 Bedford Street, Covent Garden, London |publisher=Pre-Construct Archaeology |accessdate=13 August 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100531174328/http://www.pre-construct.com/Sites/Highlights/Bedford.htm <!--Added by H3llBot--> |archivedate=31 May 2010 }}</ref>。這一貿易中心在[[阿爾弗雷德大帝]]治下消失<ref name=Clark>{{cite journal|author=John Clark |year=1999 |title=King Alfred's London and London's King Alfred |journal=London Archaeologist |volume=9 |issue=2 |pages=35–38 |publisher=London Archaeologist Association |doi= |url=http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/adsdata/arch-457-1/dissemination/pdf/vol09/vol09_02/09_02_035_038.pdf |accessdate=7 May 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110510095059/http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/adsdata/arch-457-1/dissemination/pdf/vol09/vol09_02/09_02_035_038.pdf |archivedate=10 May 2011 }}</ref>。

1985年和2005年在河岸街北部發現了兩個盎格魯撒克遜人遺址，表示在公元600年左右這裡曾是一個貿易中心<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pre-construct.com/Sites/Highlights/Bedford.htm|author=Jim Leary |title=Excavations at 15–16 Bedford Street, Covent Garden, London |publisher=Pre-Construct Archaeology |accessdate=13 August 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100531174328/http://www.pre-construct.com/Sites/Highlights/Bedford.htm <!--Added by H3llBot--> |archivedate=31 May 2010 }}</ref>。這一貿易中心在[[阿爾弗雷德大帝]]治下消失<ref name=Clark>{{cite journal|author=John Clark |year=1999 |title=King Alfred's London and London's King Alfred |journal=London Archaeologist |volume=9 |issue=2 |pages=35–38 |publisher=London Archaeologist Association |doi= |url=http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/adsdata/arch-457-1/dissemination/pdf/vol09/vol09_02/09_02_035_038.pdf |accessdate=7 May 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110510095059/http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/adsdata/arch-457-1/dissemination/pdf/vol09/vol09_02/09_02_035_038.pdf |archivedate=10 May 2011 }}</ref>。 1200年這裡被[[威斯敏斯特修道院]][[本笃会]]修士圍起來作為花園 ，1250 ， 1250 年至1283年間寫就的一份文獻指出這個花園屬於“威斯敏斯特修道院和女修道院”（Abbot and Convent of Westminster）<ref name=Burford1>{{cite book|title=Wits, Wenchers and Wantons – London's Low Life: Covent Garden in the Eighteenth Century|author=E. J. Burford|publisher=Robert Hale Ltd|pages=1–3|year=1986|isbn=0-7090-2629-3}}</ref>。13世紀的科文特花園面積約{{convert|40|acre|ha}}<ref>{{cite book |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=46082 |title=Survey of London: volume 36: Covent Garden| author=F. H. W. Sheppard |pages=19–21 |publisher=Institute of Historical Research |accessdate=1 August 2010 |year=1970}}</ref> 。1515 。 1515 年時這裡才開始被正式稱為科文特花園，“科文特”（Covent）一詞在诺曼时代英国所用的法语中意思即修道院，等同於“convent”或“monastery”<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=convent |title=Convent |publisher=Online Etymology Dictionary |accessdate=31 July 2010 }}; also see {{cite book|title=[[The Concise Oxford Dictionary]]| page=202 |publisher=Clarendon Press |edition=4th|year=1951| author1=H. W. Fowler | author2=F. G. Fowler | authorlink1=H. W. Fowler | authorlink2=F. G. Fowler }}</ref>。