Ewell Minnis

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Ewell Minnis
Kent
Phonebox and letterbox in Ewell Minnis - geograph.org.uk - 871161.jpg
Ewell Minnis
Location
Grid reference: TR260432
Location: 51°8’42"N, 1°13’59"E
Data
Post town: Dover
Postcode: CT15
Local Government
Council: Dover

Ewell Minnis is a small and rather pretty village near Dover in Kent.

The name of the village is from the Old English Æwelm, meaning "source of a river" and gemænnes, which usually means "fellowship" but which in particular Kentish usage meant an area of common land (giving the early modern Kentish word 'mennys'); hence "spring common land".

The source of the River Dour lies between Ewell Minnis and Temple Ewell, which source gives both villages the name.

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