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.

Niddermyn

Early-attested site in the Parish of Newton on Ouse

Historical Forms

  • Nidderminne 1294 Ch

Etymology

'Confluence of the river Nidd (and the Ouse),' v. mynni .On the etymology of Nidd v. RNY 18. The river Nidd joins the Ouse in this parish. The actual form of the river-name here contains the ON  genitive in -ar , also found in Nidderdale (cf. RNY 18).

Places in the same Parish