Ewell Minnis
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| Ewell Minnis | |
| Kent | |
|---|---|
 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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