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.

Minety

Parish in the County of Gloucestershire

Etymology

Minety was formerly a detached part of Gloucestershire in Wiltshire and is now in Wiltshire (cf. 47supra ); its names are dealt with in W 61–2 and given here summarily, as it once formed part of the Hundred of Crowthorne and Minety.

Major Settlements