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, Milton Bridge, Milton Fm & Milton Ho

Early-attested site in the Parish of Weaverham

Historical Forms

  • Milleton 1237,1238 P
  • (le) Mulneton 1272–1307 AddCh
  • Mulneton 1305 VR
  • Mulneton juxta Acton 1339 Plea
  • le Mulneton 1403 ChRR
  • Mulleton 1290 VR 1330 1353 BPR
  • Muleton 1334 VR
  • Milnetoun 1316 Bark
  • Mylneton 1536 ChRR
  • Multon 1454,1466,1488 ChRR
  • Milton 1512 Plea
  • Milton in Weverham 1671 Sheaf
  • Milton Bridge 1831 Bry

Etymology

'Mill farm or enclosure', from myln and tūn , with brycg . Cf. foll.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site