Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Myns brydge 1542 RichWill

• Mintsbridge 1648 Bridges10 1714 BRK

• Mimet 1086 DB

• Myntfete 1393 FF

• Minte feete 1657 Comm

• Mintesfote, Myntesfote 1435 Kendi,42

• Myntesfeite 1577 ib

• Mintesfeet(e) 1584,1616 ib

• Minsfete, Mynsfete 1431 ib

• -feat 1553 WilsonL

• Minsfeet c.1584 Kendi,257 1586 FF

• Mince Feet 1721 ib

Etymology

Mint Bridge (Myns brydge 1542 RichWill, Mintsbridge 1648Bridges 10, 1714 BRK), Mint Ho (1865 OS, Mimet 1086 DB), Mintsfeet (Myntfete 1393FF , Minte feete 1657Comm , Mintesfote , Myntesfote 1435 Kend i, 42, Myntesfeite 1577 ib 95, Mintesfeet (e )1584, 1616 ib 102, 256, Minsfete , Mynsfete 1431 ib 42, -feat 1553 WilsonL, Minsfeet c. 1584 Kend i, 257, 1586FF , Mince Feet 1721 ib iii, 117, cf. also Mynteshede , Myntishede 1468, 1469 Pat). The first el. in each name is the r.n. Mint (i, 11supra ).Mintsfeet denotes land lying south of the Mint at its union with the Kent, v. fōt (ON  fótr) 'land at the mouth of a stream'; the form -feet is from the dat.sg. OE  fēt or ON f  ti .