Mistlebrooks Wood
Early-attested site in the Parish of Witley
Historical Forms
- Mystelbroke 1548 LRMB
- Mistilbrok t.Ed6 Rental
- Muxenebrok 1303 MinAcct
- Muxenebroc 1349 SACxviii
- Muxenbrouk 1359 Loseley
- Mixenbroke 1484 AddCh 1548 LRMB
- Miskynbrok t.Ed6 Rental
Etymology
Mistlebrooks Wood (6″) is Mystelbroke 1548LRMB , Mistilbrok t. Ed 6Rental . The meaning would seem to be 'mistletoe brook.' It may, however, be that Muxenebrok 1303MinAcct , Muxenebroc 1349 SAC xviii, Muxenbrouk 1359Loseley (p), Mixenbroke 1484AddCh , 1548LRMB , Miskynbrok t. Ed 6Rental is the same name. If so the first element will be meoxen , 'dung,' cf. Mixnams supra 111.
Places in the same Parish
Major Settlement
Early-attested site
Other OS name
- Bagmoor Cottage
- Banacle Fm
- Borough Fm
- Brook
- Burchetts Copse
- Chapel Copse
- Coldharbour Wood
- Colmar
- Cramhurst
- Creedhole Fm
- Flash Copse
- Gasden Cottage
- Gurdons
- Hill Ho
- Hookers Ham and Hopkins Reed
- Hurthill Copse
- Hurtmore
- Lemon Rew
- Minepit Copse
- Redlands
- Roundabouts
- Sand Ho
- Sandhills
- Shoelands
- Stonepit Hill
- Stroud
- Wareham Cottage and Rew
- Whitefield Hanger
- Whitham Cottage
- Winkford Fm
- Witley Park
- Wormley Hill