Middleton on the Wolds
Major Settlement in the Parish of Middleton on the Wolds
Historical Forms
- Middeltun(e) 1086 DB
- Middelton(a) 1190–1210 YCh 1371 Works
- Middelton(a) negh Lond 1500 Test
- Middelton(a) of Wolde 1546 YChant
- Midelton(a) 12th BM 1155–66 Whitby 1199 Warter 1353 FF
- Midelton(a) super Mardererhau 1190–1210 YCh1101
- Midelton(a) super le Wald 1303 Ebor
- Midelton(a) iuxta Baynton' 1377 Meaux
- Miteltuna 1274 Ebor
- Mildetona 1279 Warter
- Middilton, Myddilton 1285 KI 1549 FF
- Middilton on the Wold 1563 FF
- Medilton 1351 Ipm
- Manardhau, Maynardehow 13th Warter
Etymology
'Middle farm,' v. middel , tun . Lond is Lund supra 163.Mardererhau has not been identified, but it is probably identical with Manardhau , Maynardehow 13thWarter (from the Continental pers. name Mainard , and haugr 'hill, mound').