The Mixen
Other OS name in the Parish of Weymouth & Melcombe Regis
Historical Forms
- Ye Towne Myxon c.1540 RCHM
- (the) Mixon 1774 Hutch1 c.1825 Map
Etymology
( an offshore ledge or bank ) , Ye Towne Myxon c. 1540 RCHM, (the ) Mixon 1774Hutch1, c. 1825 Map , from mixen ' dung-hill ' ; in 1620 WeyR it is presented that ' the dung - heap called le Towne Mixon is situated in le Channel , and thence is much carried away by storms of rain into the port ' , to avoid which there are various regulations for the disposal of dung and refuse at other places in 1635, 1650 WeyR , 1648 WeyM,etc. , cf. Alexandra Gdns supra .
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Other OS name
- Bincleaves Barracks, Bincleaves Groyne
- Glebe Ho
- Glenthorne
- Greenhill Gdns
- Harbour
- Jubilee Walk
- Mount Pleasant Fm
- Nettlecombe
- The Nothe, Nothe Gdns, Nothe Point
- Pile Pier
- Radipole Park Gdns
- South Pier
- Alexander Bridge
- Alexandra Gdns
- Backwater
- Connaught Ho
- Sluice Gdns
- Abbots Court
- Castle Cove
- Rodwell
- Sandsfoot Castle
- Springfield
- Swannery
- Town Bridge
- Underbarn Walk
- Western Ledges
- Westham
- Weymouth Bay
- Belfield Fm
- Rocky Knap