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.

Misk

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hucknall Torkard

Historical Forms

  • le Misk c.1300 NewsteadB
  • Misk 1775 C

Etymology

Misk is le Misk c. 1300NewsteadB , Misk 1775 C. This would seem to be an unrecorded metathesised form of OE  mix , 'dung.'Cf. Mixen (St).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement