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-Walks

Early-attested site in the Parish of Great Budworth

Historical Forms

  • the hamlet of Middle Walks 1724 NotCestr
  • Mid(d)le-walke, Middle Walke 1666 Orm2 1702 Chol

Etymology

Middle-Walks (lost), the hamlet of Middle Walks 1724 NotCestr, Mid (d )le-walke , Middle Walke 1666 Orm2, 1702Chol , from middel and walk 'a tract of land used for the pasture of animals' (NED, cf. sheep-walk ).

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site