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.

Middlepeak

Early-attested site in the Parish of Wirksworth

Historical Forms

  • Middelpeke 1309 CPG
  • Midelpeeke 1415 DuLaMB
  • Middelpek 1473 Rental
  • Mydlepeek 1539 CPG
  • le Myddle Peke 1569 ib
  • Middlepeake 1620 ib

Etymology

Middlepeak, Middelpeke 1309CPG , Midelpeeke 1415DuLaMB , Middelpek 1473Rental , Mydlepeek 1539CPG , le Myddle Peke 1569 ib, Middlepeake 1620 ib. 'Middle hill', v. middel , pēac ; it is midway between Middleton and Wirksworth. Cf. Peak supra 1.