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.

Mixeshill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Stopsley

Historical Forms

  • Mix(e)weye 1276 Ass 1297 SR

Etymology

If this identification is correct, the first part of this name is Mixwey from OE  meox-weg , 'dung-road,' presumably so called because manure was carted along it.

Places in the same Parish