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.

Meethe

Early-attested site in the Parish of South Molton (including Queen's Nympton)

Historical Forms

  • la Methe 1249 Ass
  • atte Methe 1330,1333 SR
  • Meethe Greene 1615 FF

Etymology

Probably OE  mǣþ , 'hay land,' cf. Meeth supra 98.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement