[1] Mitchell straddles the old course of the A30 road but a dual carriageway bypass now carries the traffic north of the village.

The original name was La Medeshole[2] and the first recorded mention of the village was in a court case in 1234 establishing the legal status of an annual market on St Francis's Day[citation needed].

[4] From the Middle Ages on, the borough of Mitchell elected two members to the Unreformed House of Commons but was disenfranchised by the Reform Act 1832.

At Carland Cross, a mile west of Mitchell, there are Iron Age burial mounds and flint arrow heads have been found in local fields.

The Folk Cottage provided a springboard for many performers who would later become nationally known including Wizz Jones, Jacqui McShee, Clive Palmer (co-founder of The Incredible String Band), and Ralph McTell.