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.

Middleton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Middleton

Historical Forms

  • Middeltun 11th KCD896 c.1200
  • Mildetunā, Mildeltunā 1086 DB
  • Middelton 1202–1326 FF
  • Meddelton 1262 ib
  • Medilton 1285 Ass

Etymology

'The middle farm.' Middleton is almost equidistant from Liston and Alphamstone. Cf. Milton supra 191.

Places in the same Parish

None