Minety
Major Settlement in the Parish of Minety
Historical Forms
- Mintih, Mintig 844 BCS444 14th
- Minty 844 14th ib
- Minti 1156 RegMalm 1185,1190 P 1314 Pat
- Minthy t.John Dugdvi 14th Ch 1232,1321 Cl 1249
- Menthi 1232 Ch
- Munte 1247 Ass
- Minitide t.Hy3 AD
- Minety 1282 Cl
- Mynetye 1552 FF
Etymology
Ekwall (DEPN) derives this name from an OE mintie , dative of mintēa , 'mint stream,' v. ea and cf. Otter R. (PN D 11–12).If this is so the name must have referred to the small stream a little to the west of the present village. 'At Mintie is an abundance of wild mint' (Aubrey NH 49). There is no very marked hill just here, otherwise one might think of a compound of British *monijo -, 'hill' (Welsh mynydd , adopted into OE as myned ), and *tig -, 'house' (Welsh ty ). Cf. Minehead (DEPN).