Milton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Milton
Historical Forms
- Mideltone 1086 DB 1428 FA
- Mideltone juxta Norhampton 1299 Ass
- Mideltone juxta Colyntre 1332 Ass
- Mideltone Malsores 1395 Cl
- Middleton Mallesworth 1542 LP
- Milton al. Middleton Malsor 1781 Recov
Etymology
'Middle farm,' tun. It lies between Gayton and Wootton.The Malsor family held land here in the 12th cent. The form Mallesworth is an inverted spelling due to the belief that the final er or or was a reduction of an early worth , as in the pron. [sæpsə] for Sawbridgeworth (Herts). Cf. Tansor infra 208.