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.

Midloe

Major Settlement in the Parish of Midloe

Historical Forms

  • Middelho, Myddelho 1135–60 Rams c.1350 Ch 1252 FF 1539
  • Midelho c.1200 Warden c.1230
  • Middellowe 1535 VE
  • Medlowe 1567,1594 FF

Etymology

'Middle hill' (v. hoh ), possibly in relation to Southoe or, still more probably, to the lost Westhoe (v. Southoe infra 266) on the one hand and the lost Mulsoe on the other.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site