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.

Great Milton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Great Milton

Historical Forms

  • Mid(d)eltone 1086 DB 1274 Ipm
  • Magna Middeltone 1233 FF
  • Mildetone 1159–62 Eynsh
  • Miltone 1285 Ass 1397 Cl
  • Magna Miltone, Magna Myltone 1285 Ass
  • Magna Milton 1346 FA
  • Great Milton 1360 Cl 1378 AD
  • Milton Magna 1428 FA

Etymology

'Middle tūn.'

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site