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

Early-attested site in the Parish of Repton

Historical Forms

  • Middeltune 1086 DB
  • Meelton c.1162 DbCh 1348 Cor
  • Meauton' 1219 Cur
  • Melton(e) c.1227 DbAnsvi 1228 StoweCh 1252 FF 1260 1436 DbAnsvi
  • Meleton(e) 1392 Cor 1400 Pat 1432 DbAix
  • Meuton 1243 Fees
  • Milton, Mylton 1387 Fine 1392 Pat
  • Milton als Melton 1394 1556 DbAxxxvi

Etymology

'Middle farm', v. middel , tūn , but the post-DB forms show that the native first element was replaced by OScand  meðal.