Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Mitun(e) 1086 DB 1172,1176 Meaux

• Miton(a), Myton(a) 1160–80 Melsa 1196 FF 1605 FF

• Myton(a) on Humbre 1366 Pat

• Mitton, Mytton 1205 ChR 1431 BM

• Mytton on the Hulle 1278 YI

• Mytton on Humbre 1355 FF

Etymology

Myton (lost, cf. Myton Gate supra 211) is Mitun (e )1086 DB, 1172, 1176Meaux , Miton (a ), Myton (a )1160–80 Melsa, 1196 FFet passim to 1605 FF, Myton (a ) on Humbre 1366 Pat, Mitton , Mytton 1205 ChRet freq to 1431 BM, Mytton on the Hulle 1278 YI, Mytton on Humbre 1355 FF. 'Farm at the confluence (of the Hull and the Humber),' v. myðe , tun , and cf. Myton on Swale, PN NRY 23.