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.

Milton End

Early-attested site in the Parish of Arlingham

Historical Forms

  • Middletone 1327 SR
  • Miltonend(e), Myltonend(e) 1412 GR18 1575 FF
  • Milkening 1777 M

Etymology

Milton End, Middletone 1327SR (p), Miltonend (e ), Myltonend (e )1412GR 18, 1575FF , Milkening 1777 M. 'Middle farm', v. middel , tūn , ende , and cf. Milton (i, 35supra ). It is between Arlingham and Overton (infra ).