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.

Myton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Warwick St Nicholas

Historical Forms

  • Mytun 1033 KCD751 c.1200
  • Myton 1397 IpmR 1486 Ipm 1495 FF
  • Moitone, Muitone 1086 DB
  • Muetona 1123 Warwick
  • Muitona t.Hy2 ib
  • Muyton 1327,1332 SR 1394 FF 1547 Pat
  • Muton 1205 ClR 1262 Ass 1280 FF 1315 Ipm
  • Mitton 1227 Pat 1267,1315,1504 Ipm

Etymology

This is a compound of OE  (ge)myðe and tun, the place being near the junction of the Leam and the Avon. Cf. Mitton (PN St 102).

Places in the same Parish