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.

Milton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Milton

Historical Forms

  • (æt) Middeltune 956 BCS935 contemporary
  • Middeltune 1086 DB 1327 SR
  • Midilton' (p), Middilton' 1241 Ass
  • Milton 1369 AD 1517 DInc
  • Miltone 1377 Cl 1428 FA

Etymology

'Middle farm', v. tūn , a common name, for other examples of which v. DEPN. The village is between Steventon and Sutton Courtenay.