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, East and West

Early-attested site in the Parish of Parracombe

Historical Forms

  • Mideltona 1086 DB
  • Middelton 1242 Fees772
  • Westmid(d)elton, Estmid(d)elton 1480,1482 IpmR

Etymology

'Middle farm,' v. tun . Why it is so called is not apparent.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement