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.

Minton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Eastham

Historical Forms

  • Moneton, Munton 1275,1332 SR

Etymology

'Hill-farm or enclosure,' the first element being the same as the Shropshire Mynd , Welsh  mynydd . Menutton in Clun, Minton, Myndtown and Mondaytown in Worthen (Sa) have the same history.

Places in the same Parish