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.

Middle Tongue

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkby Thore

Historical Forms

  • Myddletong Hy6 ib
  • the Middletonge 1588 Hothf

Etymology

, 1687BdyR , Myddletong Hy 6 ib, the Middletonge 1588Hothf , v. middel , tunge ' tongue of land, long ridge ' .