Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• the West myll 1550 DCMDeed

• two water mills called West Mills 1636 DCMDeed

• Westmills 1774 Hutch1

• Mill 1861 Hutch3

Etymology

, 1824 Pigot , probably identical with the West myll 1550DCMDeed , two water mills called West Mills 1636 DCMDeed, Westmills 1774 Hutch1, Mill 1861Hutch3 , v. west , myln , cf. Mill gdn , Mill Homestead 1843TA , Millditch Md in Arne par . supra , and Mill Ho supra .