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 St George

Historical Forms

  • Midelton 1189 DST
  • Middilton 1259 Wills 1406 Pont
  • middelthon 1312 Ct
  • Middlinton 1238 Cl

Etymology

'Middle village or estate', OE  middel + tūn. Probably the middle settlement between Darlington and Egglescliffe. From the earliest records Middleton was held in two moieties of a knight's fee, Nether Middleton or Middleton St George and Over Middleton or Middleton One Row.