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.

Middleton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Middleton

Historical Forms

  • Mid(d)eltun(e) 1086 DB

Etymology

v. middel , tun . Middleton is the centre of other Anglian farmsteads in the district, such as Edstone, Nunnington, Salton, Sinnington and Wrelton.