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

Major Settlement in the Parish of Minety

Historical Forms

  • Mintig, Mintih 844 BCS444 14th
  • Mynti, Minti, Minty(e) 844 14th P 1185,1190 Fees 1211–13 GlR c.1220 Ass 1221,1248 FF 1249 1567 ib
  • Minthi Ric1 Pat 1423 GlR c.1220 Ass 1221 Ch 1232,1413
  • Minety 1282 Cl 1343 Ch

Etymology

'Water-meadow where wild mint grew', v. minte , ēg .