English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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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').

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site