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.

Minchins

Other OS name in the Parish of Great Dunmow

Historical Forms

  • Mynchonys 1504 MinAcct
  • Mynchyn 1540 LP
  • Mynchons, Minchins 1579 ERxxviii

Etymology

is Mynchonys 1504MinAcct , Mynchyn 1540 LP, Mynchons , Minchins 1579ER xxviii . OE  myncen , ' nun . ' The Prioress of Clerkenwell held a virgate here in 1199 (FF) .