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.

Mythe

Early-attested site in the Parish of Pershore Holy Cross

Historical Forms

  • prat. voc. Muta, la Mutha c.1230 AOMB61 15th
  • Wood of la Mue 1229 Ch c.1240 AOMB61 15th

Etymology

v. myðe . This 'mythe' is the narrow tongue of land where the Piddle flows into the Avon.