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Survey of English Place-Names

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Mythe Wood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Tewkesbury

Historical Forms

  • boscum de Muþa, Muta 1230,1232 Theok
  • Mythe Wood(d), Mithe Wood(d) 1575 Comm 1586 FF 1683 GR123

Etymology

Mythe Wood (lost), boscum de Muþa , Muta 1230, 1232 Theok, Mythe Wood (d ), Mithe Wood (d )1575Comm , 1586FF , 1683GR 123. v. Mythe (supra ), wudu . In 1779 Rudder 742 described Mythe-wood as 'now intirely assarted'.