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.

Meeth

Major Settlement in the Parish of Meeth

Historical Forms

  • Meda 1086 DB
  • Meðe 1175 P
  • Metha 1180 P
  • Methe, la Methe 1209–62 Exon 1535 VE
  • Mete 1285 FA
  • Lamee 1219 FF
  • La Mehe 1233 FF
  • La Meye 1242 Fees785
  • Mathe 1275 RH
  • Meythe 1585 BM

Etymology

OE  mǣþe , 'hayland,' as suggested by Blomé (42).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name