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.

Lower Meend

Early-attested site in the Parish of St Briavels

Historical Forms

  • le lower meade (sic) 1635 For27

Etymology

Lower Meend, 1830 M, le lower meade (sic)1635For 27. ME  *munede 'forest wasteland', cf. Mitcheldean Meend (218supra ).