Middlesex (Fm)
Early-attested site in the Parish of Dunton
Historical Forms
- Myddelsex 1444 ADii
Etymology
The solution of this difficult name is perhaps to be found in an entry in Miscellaneous Inquisitions (1327). In that year Robert of Baldok, archdeacon of Middlesex, died seized of the manor of Stanbridge in virtue of a fine. The manor ought to remain to Richard son of John le Chamberleyn and Margaret his wife.Stanbridge is on the other side of the county, but as the manor of Dunton was in the 14th cent. also in the possession of the Chamberlain family it seems possible that this manor also may have come into the possession of the archdeacon of Middlesex and that he left his name in this farm.