Ninneywood (Fm)
Early-attested site in the Parish of Great and Little Missenden
Historical Forms
- Nynning (wood) 1540 L.ii.372
- Ninningwood 1714 Rec.xi.178
Etymology
One may suspect that this is corrupt and that the true form is Nyming and that it is the word niming used of 'taking in' some piece of wood, noted by Ekwall, PN-ing 25.