Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• one mill and one mill-dam (stagnum) built in Oulton' 1272–90 ChFor

• Mylnecrofte 1416 Surv

• Olton myllne pole 1497 AD

• a water miln in Russhton 1499 Orm2

• a mylne in Russheton called the noow Mylne 1531 ib

• le Olde Mylnefald 1507 MinAcct

• Oulton or Nockinger Mill, Mill Lane 1831 Bry

Etymology

, ( 109–580650 , on the Rushton side of Sandyford Brook ) , 1842 OS , ' one mill and one mill-dam (stagnum ) built in Oulton '1272–90ChFor ,Mylnecrofte 1416Surv , Olton myllne pole 1497 AD, a water miln in Russhton 1499 Orm2, a mylne in Russheton called the noow Mylne 1531ib, le Olde Mylnefald (a parcel of land on which a watermill is built)1507MinAcct , Oulton or Nockinger Mill , Mill Lane 1831 Bry ( cf. Nogginshaw infra ) , and also Colbroke Mylne 1476 ChRR ( cf. CoteBrook supra ) and Yemelemulne 1353ChFor , etc. , ( cf. Yeanley , supra ) , v. myln , croft , pōl 1 , nīwe , ald , fald , lane , mǣd . Cf. Oulton 185supra .