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.

Milton under Wychwood

Major Settlement in the Parish of Milton under Wychwood

Historical Forms

  • Mideltone 1086 DB 1393 Cl
  • Mitdeltona late12th Madox
  • Midelinton' 1219 Fees
  • Milton 1390–1 AD
  • Miltone 1414–31 Eynsh

Etymology

'Middle tūn.'