North Mimms
Major Settlement in the Parish of North Mimms
Historical Forms
- Mimmine 1086 DB
- Mimmis 1138,1142 WAM
- Nordmimmes 1190 P
- North Mimmes 1236 FF 1301 Ipm
- Normymmes 1303 FA
- Mimes 1203 WAM
- Mimmes 1211 RBE 1212 Fees 1221 WAM
- Mymmes 1265 Pat
- Northmemmys 1311 WAM
- Northmemmes 1405 Pat
Etymology
North and South Mimms (Mx) are about three miles apart.The latter is Mimes in DB; otherwise it has the same run of forms as North Mimms. This name must remain an unsolved problem. We may note that there are fields in Hemel Hempstead called Great Mimms and Little Mimms (TA ) and fields called Mims (TA ) in Hatfield and Mymmesfeld (1367) in Tring.