Ekwall lists 3 Mistertons, of which one is in Somerset, and gives the meaning as "tun of the monastery" or "tun with a church", which seems sensible enough.
Curiously, though, the Somerset Misterton is only about 2km to the north of the Dorset village of Mosterton. And Mosterton, according to Ekwall, has a completely different etymology ("Mort's thorn-bush"). With Mosterton and the Somerset Misterton being so close together, the similarity of the names seems unlikely to be accidental. Is it accidental? Or has there been some sort of process of convergence, with the difference between the two names being reduced to the first syllable by local people familiar with both villages?
Are there other examples of name doublets like this, two places very close together having names differing by one letter?
Martin
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