Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Middelham 1133×44 Ct 1183 BB c.1320 Spec 1204 Pipe 1211 Bek 1283 GD 1294 RPD 1311,1313 Halm 1345 IPM 1373×4 DEC c.1700

• middelha' 1146 Pont 1162 Spec

• Middelha' 1154×66 Reg late12th Spec 1203×4 Reg

• Middelham 1183 BB c.1320 Spec 14th Lang 1418

• middelh' 1195×1221 Spec

• middelham 1199×1216 Reg 1300

• middelham 1200 Spec c.1500 DCD 1278

• Middelhame c.1292 GD

• mildelham (sic) 1197×1208 Pont

• Midelham 1146 Spec 1189×99 Reg 1336 Spec 1189×1212 GD 1259×60(p),[1273]1275 AnnS late13th GD 1313 IPM 1334 Finc 1347 IPM 1396 Hatf 1382 IPM 1416 Ct 1429 IPM 1462×3,1516

• Midelh' 1187(p),c.1190(p) Spec

• midelham c.1240 Spec 15th

• midelha' 1285 Ct

• Midelham' c.1290 Ann

• Midelham 1278 Finc c.1500 Spec 1348

• Mydelham c.1250×1300 AnnM

• midhelam 1280 Finc

• midhala' 1287 ib

• myddelham 1278 Spec

• Myddelham c.1250 GT 1313 RPD

• Midilham 1183 BB c.1382 Bek 1283 GD 1291 Rot 1338×9,1350 IPM 1355 Hatf 1382 DEC 15th DX/487/1/166 1278 19th

• Midilh'm 1406 Pont

• Middilham 1259×60 GD 1314 RPD 1338×9 Rot

• Middilham 1278 Spec 1381 Pont 15th Spec

• middilham c.1350 Ct 1418 Lang

• Middiham 1332×3 ManAccts

• Myddylham 1395 Arch

• Middleham 13th DEC c.1245(p),c.1292(p) GD 1382 Hatf 1400 IPM

• midleham c.1240 Spec

• Midleham 1647 ParlSurv

• Midlam 1448×9 Finc 1675 Ogilby 1717 Hud

• Middle'm 1561 Wills

• Midlame 1580 Surv

• Bisshopmydelham 1412 Ct

• Bisshopmedlam 1514 Finc

• Bushop Midlom 1580 Surv

• Bishoppe Midlam 1592 Wills

• Bishop Midleham 1620 IPM 1646 ParlSurv

• Bishop Middleham 1647,1649 ParlSurv 1839 TA

• Bishop Medlam 1715 NbDu

• B'pp Midleham 1730 HC/CB70

• Myddleham Episcopi 1544 Salvin

• Midleham Episcopi 1712 HCB95/563

• Middleham Bishop 1623 IPM

• Bisshopton' Medilton' 1438×9 Vis

• Bishopp Middleton 1717 Hud

• Bishops-Middleham 1828 Pigot

Etymology

'The middle estate, the middle manor' of the bishop of Durham, midway between his castles at Durham and Stockton, OE  middel + hām.The 1438×9 Bisshopton ' Medilton ' form is odd and together with the 1717 Bishopp Middleton sp might suggest confusion of the name with Middleton St George.