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.

Tunstead Milton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Chapel en le Frith

Historical Forms

  • Tounstedemylne 1330 Ass
  • Tunstede myll 1514 DuLaMB
  • Tunstead Milnton 1625 Rental

Etymology

Tunstead Milton, Tounstedemylne 1330Ass , Tunstede myll 1514DuLaMB , Tunstead Milnton 1625Rental . 'Tunstead mill', v. myln , with tūn added later, perhaps due to the influence of Chapel Milton supra 61.