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.

Minchendown

Early-attested site in the Parish of Woolfardisworthy

Historical Forms

  • Mynchenaton 1333 SR
  • Myncheton 1423 FF
  • Mynchedon 1631 FF
  • Munecheneland' 1242 Fees760

Etymology

'Nuns' farm,' v. myncen , tun . It belonged to the nuns of Polsloe Priory, representing their land in the parish called Munecheneland ' in 1242 (Fees 760).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement