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Survey of English Place-Names

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Millers Green

Early-attested site in the Parish of Wirksworth

Historical Forms

  • le Milnehouses 1306 Ass
  • Mulnehous(e) 1307 Pat
  • del 1328 SR 1339 CPG
  • (del) Miln(e)hous(e) 1330 Ass 1341 CPG 1415 DuLaMB 1505 DbAxiv
  • Wirkesworth Milnehouses, Milnehouse Greene 1610 DuLa 1630 DuLaSC
  • Mylnhowse green 1649 DuLa
  • Millers Green 1829 Teesdale

Etymology

Millers Green, le Milnehouses 1306 Ass, Mulnehous (e )1307 Pat (p), (del ) 1328 SR (p), 1339CPG (p), (del ) Miln (e )hous (e )1330Ass (p), 1341CPG (p), 1415DuLaMB , 1505 DbA xiv, Wirkesworth Milnehouses , Milnehouse Greene 1610DuLa , 1630DuLaSC , Mylnhowse green 1649DuLa , Millers Green 1829 Teesdale. 'The green at Millhouse(s)', v. myln , hūs , grēne 2 . For the development cf. Miller's Dale supra 180.