The origins of Minworth

Minworth was documented in the Domesday Book as Meneworde from the Old English Mynna's worth, 'Mynna's farmstead'. Although Mynna is not found recorded elsewhere as a personal name, it is believed to be such. Mynna could have been a member of the Tomsaete tribe, The Tomsaete or Tomsæte (dwellers of the Tame valley) were a tribe in Anglo-Saxon England living in the valley of the River Tame in the West Midlands of England from around 500 and remaining around Tamworth throughout the existence of the Kingdom of Mercia. The tribe was identified as Anglian Mercens who came from the north, following the Trent Valley, and eventually settling along the valleys of the Tame, not much is known about the Tomsaete.