Mixbury
Major Settlement in the Parish of Mixbury
Historical Forms
- Mixeberia c.1130 OxonCh 1428 FA
- Myxeburi 1213 Os
- Myxebury 1389 Os
- Mixseberi 1242–3 Fees
- Muxeberi Aregnes 1220 Fees
- Mixbur' 1265–7 AD
- Mycebury 1428 FA
Etymology
First element OE mixen, 'dunghill,' second element burh. Cf. Adel (WRY) from OE adela , 'filth, filthy place.' Aregnes from the family of Milo de Harenis , who was given 2½ hides here c. 1170 by Bernard de St Walery: v. F. M. Stenton, The First Century of English Feudalism , Oxford 1932, p. 277.