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Survey of English Place-Names

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Minterne Parva (Fm)

Early-attested site in the Parish of Buckland Newton

Historical Forms

  • Minterne Parva 1315 Pat 1669 Batten 1795 Boswell
  • parva minterne 1296 Glast m12
  • Myntern(n)e e14 GlastE 1327 SR 1332 SR
  • Parva Myntern 1431 FF
  • Mynterne parva 1596 Prideaux
  • Little Minterne or Minterne Parva 1869 Hutch3

Etymology

Minterne Parva (Fm) (ST 664035), Minterne Parva 1315 Pat, 1669Batten , 1795 Boswell, parva minterne 1296 (m12) Glast , Myntern (n )e e14GlastE , 1327SR , 1332 SR, Parva Myntern 1431 FF, Mynterne parva 1596Prideaux , Little Minterne or Minterne Parva 1869 Hutch3, Lat  parva 'small' to distinguish this tithing of Buckland Newton hundred from the adjacent par. of Minterne Magna to which it now (since 1933) belongs.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement