Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Medeltone 1086 DB

• Mealton' 1174,1199 P 1214 1307 Cl

• Meauton' 1198 Cur 1202 FF 1202 Ass 1256 RegAnt 1282 Cl

• Miautune c.1200 AD

• Miauton' 1202 Ass

• Meltuna 1121 AC

• Meltune e.Hy2 BM

• Meltun' Hy2 Dane e.13 Dixie m.13 Laz 1404

• Meltone l.12 GarCart Hy3 RBE 13 Laz 1404

• Melton(') c.1130 LeicSurv 1198,1200 Cur 1222 AD 1227 Ch

• Maltun 1155×66 BM

• Maltunam 1166 Dane

• Malton' l.12 GarCart

• Mauton 1202 Ass John Abbr

• Meuton' l.12 GarCart 1199 P 1202 Ass 1276 RH 1288 Cl

• Meutun(e) e.13 Berkeley 1243 AD

• Meelton' 1353 Cl 1353 Ipm 1411 PRep 1425 Pat

• Meylton' 1520 Wyg

• Milton 1410 Fine 1415 Pat

• Robertus de Mulbrai in l.12 GarCart

• Willelmus de Mobray in 1200 Cur

Etymology

'The middle farmstead, village', v. meðal , tūn . The Scand  adj. meðal 'middle' may have replaced OE  middel . Forms with u for l are due to AN influence. The affix ~ Mubray , ~ Moubray , ~ Mowbray (with various other spellings) is common from 1282 Cl. Rogerius de Moubray held the manor c.1130 LeicSurv, Robertus de Mulbrai in l.12GarCart and Willelmus de Mobray in 1200 Cur.