Meaning:
stones (irregular plural)
Minions (EN) / Menyon (KW)
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Miniens Borroughe 1613
Believed to be named from a hill/bronze age cairn. In the late nineteenth century this was referred to as ‘Cheesewring Railway’. On the west wide of the settlement ‘Minions Mound’ can be found.
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<menyon> 'stones'
Historic forms:
Mimiens Borroughe 1613, [village] Cheesewring Railway 1888, Minions 1897