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Mitton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Penkridge

Historical Forms

  • Mutone 1086 DB
  • Muton' 1194 CurR
  • Muiton' 1221 Ass
  • Muttona 1181–4 StCart 1200to1295 P 1200 Bagot
  • Muttone 1285 Inqaqd
  • Motton' 1206 Cur 1307 Banco
  • Mutton' 1200–03 Cur 1242 Fees 1250 CoramR c.1255 RH 1265–70 StThomas 1285,1316 FA 1290 Banco 1423 1291 ChetwyndCh 1506 1317 Ch 1327,1332 SR 1408 Hatherton 1453 Pat
  • Mytton' 1453 ChetwyndCh 1548,1578 Survey 1572 Pat 1597 ParReg
  • Mitton' 1203 Ass 1205 Essoins 1206 Cur 1236 Fees 1323,1329 Banco 1387 IpmR 1421 Fine 1695 Morden 1834 O

Etymology

'The farmstead near the confluence of two streams', v. (ge)mȳðe, tūn .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site