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.

Middleton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Middleton and Smerrill

Historical Forms

  • Middeltune 1086 DB
  • Mid(d)elton(e), Myd(d)elton(e), Myd(d)ilton(e), Myd(d)ulton(e), -ton(e) 1210 Cur c.1225 AddCh 1236,1243 Fees
  • Myd(d)ulton(e) iuxta Yolgreue 1332 Middleton
  • Medilton 1462 DbCh

Etymology

'Middle farm', v. middel , tūn . It is still known locally as Middleton by Youlgreave; cf. Youlgreave supra 182.