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.

Middle Carlton

Early-attested site in the Parish of North Carlton

Historical Forms

  • Mediae Carleton eHy3 Selby e14
  • Media Karltun' c1230 RAii
  • Media Karleton' c1238–45 RAii
  • media Carleton' m13 Barl Ed1
  • middelcarleton' 1271,Ed1 Barl
  • Middelcarleton' 1291 RSu 1325 FF
  • Midel Carlton 1344 Inqaqd
  • midelcarleton' 1345 Barl
  • Middel carleton 1345 Pat
  • Middelcarleton 1345 Pat
  • Midelcarleton 1346 Ch 1348 Pat
  • Midelcarleton by Lincoln 1390 ib
  • Midelkarleton 1348 Pat
  • Middel Carlton 1402 FA
  • Mydelcarleton or middelcarleton 1503 Ipm
  • Medyll Carlton 1505 Ipm

Etymology

'Middle' in contrast to North Carlton and South Carlton.