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.

Missies

Early-attested site in the Parish of Kirkby Malzeard

Historical Forms

  • Messese 1279–81 QW
  • Meseise 1283 YI
  • Misese 1379 PT
  • Misses, Mysses 1541 MinAcct 1587 FF
  • Misheys 1566 Vyner
  • Messes, Mesheis 1571 FF
  • (the) Mizes 1598 SessnR 1678 YASMd
  • Mishes 1623 FF

Etymology

Missies, Messese 1279–81 QW, Meseise 1283 YI, Misese 1379 PT, Misses , Mysses 1541MinAcct , 1587 FF, Misheys 1566Vyner , Messes , Mesheis 1571 FF, (the ) Mizes 1598 SessnR, 1678YAS Md 15, Mishes 1623 FF. A French p.n., 'want of ease, ill-ease', OFr  mesaise .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site