Mincing Lane
Early-attested site in the Parish of Chobham
Historical Forms
- menechene Rude 675 BCS 13th
- Mincing Rid 1765 R
- Ride 1774 AandD
Etymology
Mincing Lane (6″) is so named in 1842 (TA ) and no doubt takes its name from the same nuns as menechene Rude 675 (13th) BCS 34, Menechenerude 1485, Mynsing Ryde 1607Norden , Mincing Rid 1765 R, Ride 1774 A and D, i.e. 'nuns' clearing,' v. myncen and cf. Mincing Lane (London). The second element is OE *rīed , *rȳd , v. infra 364. The Ride was on Chobham Common near Broomhall on the Berkshire border, and the nuns were the nuns of Broomhall (SAC i, 88 n.).
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Colony Bog and Gate
- Fellow Green
- Focklesbrook
- Graciouspond Fm
- Halebourne
- Mainstone Gate, Hill and Bottom
- Pankhurst
- Chobham Ridges
- Stanners Hill, Stanyards Fm
- Westleygreen
- Staines Cottage
- Valley End, Valleywood
Other OS name
- Albury Bottom
- Beldam Bridge
- Blackstroud Lane
- Brimshot
- Broadford
- Brock Hill
- Brook Place
- Burrowhill
- Butts Hill
- Castle Green
- The Clappers
- Cox Hill and Coxhill Green
- Fishpool
- Flexlands
- Fosters Fm
- Fox Hill
- Furze Fm
- Grant's Bridge
- Hatchgate
- Henage Corner
- High Hoglees
- Hookstone Fm
- Hyams Fm
- Langshot Fm
- Larkenshaw
- Lucas Green
- Malthouse Fm
- Newbridge Fm
- Chobham Park
- Penny Pot
- Pond Inhams
- Ram Bridge
- Ribs Down
- Scott's Grove Fm
- Sow Moor
- Burntstubb Fm
- Hagthorne
- Little Heath
- Stickle Down
- Washford Fm
- Westcroft
- West End