English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Millington

Major Settlement in the Parish of Rostherne

Historical Forms

  • Mulintune 1086 DB
  • Mulintun John AddCh
  • Mulinton 12 Dow
  • Mullyngton 1517 Orm2
  • molendinum de Mulintona 1190–1211 Cott.Nerociii
  • Mulenton 13 LRODx
  • Mulneton 1299 Tab 1339 Pat
  • Melintona H2 Tab
  • Melynton, Melinton l13,1300 ib
  • Mellynton 1487 MinAcct
  • Mellyngton(a) 1325 CoLegh
  • Miltona H2 Tab
  • Moli(n)tona 1178 Facs
  • Molynton 1353 BPR
  • Molington 1288 Court
  • Milint(on) l12 Facs c.1300 LRODx
  • Millyngton, Millington 1278 Chest l13 Tab 17
  • Myllenton 1434 Tab
  • Mulneton 1259 Court

Etymology

'Mill-enclosure', or 'mill farm', v. mylen , tūn , cf. Mulnecroft infra .The example Mulneton 1259 Court in DEPN belongs in Broxton Hundred and not here.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name