Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Munechingusseg, Munechingishegg 1291 Banco

• Gussich(') Munechenton 1302 Drew 1348 Pat

• Gussich(') Mu(n)chenton' 1314 ShaftR 15

• Gussich(') Manecheton 1323 Hutch3

• Gussich(') Menechenton 1324 Inqaqd

• Gussich(') Monechynton 1340 FF

• Gyssich Mundecheneton 1302 Drew

• Gyssych Munechenton 1303 ib

• Gissych Monek Hampton 1332 FF

• Gussichmincheueton 1387 ib

• Guyssehich' Munchenton' 1503 Ilch

• Munecheneton 1307 Pat

• Mynchyndon 1499 Ipm

• Minchendon, Mynchynton c.1500 Eg

• Minchington, Mynchinton 1575 Ilch

• Mynchenton 1618 ib

• (Gissich) Myncheton als. Gissich St Andrew 1440 Pat

• Minchington, or Gussage-Minchington, or Manecheton 1774 Hutch1

Etymology

'The farm of the nuns', from OE  myncen (gen.pl. myncena ) and tūn , alluding to its possession by the Benedictine nunnery of Shaftesbury. The earliest forms cited mean 'Gussage of the nuns', this place being only ½ mile NW of Gussage St Andrew supra .