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.

Midsyke Drain

Early-attested site in the Parish of Pickering

Historical Forms

  • Midsic(h), Midsyk c.1160,1189 Riev

Etymology

'Middle stream' from OE  midd and sic.