Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Minstreton(e) 1086 DB 1231 RHug 1243 Fees 1329 Ipm

• Mynstreton 1354,1355 Cl

• Menstreton(e) 1086 DB 1229 Cl

• Ministone 1086 DB

• Ministerton c.1130 LeicSurv

• Minsterton(e) 1189 Selby 1226 Cur 1375 Cl 1403 AD

• Mynsterton c.1291 Tax 1294 Pat 1330 Rut 1353,1409 Pat

• Minstirton 1271 Ipm

• Mynstirton 1272,1292 ib

• Munesterton 1220 MHW

• Munsterton(e) 1236,1268 Fine 1348,1349 Cl

• Munstreton 1314 Ipm

• Musterton(e) 1151×73 Selby 1220 RHug 1327 Banco 1328 AD

• Misterton 1236 Cur 1264 Cl 1327 SR 1330 Banco

• Mysterton 1465 Pat 1497 Braye 1517 MktHPR 1594,1596 AD

Etymology

'The village or estate with a minster', v. mynster , tūn . Anglo-Saxon minsters were religious communities, usually comprising a priest and a group of monastic or secular assistants, which served as centres of administration prior to the development of a system of ecclesiastical parishes. They were usually established on royal estates and served large territories. Little survives of the early village except St Leonard's Church and the later Misterton Hall.