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.

Middleham

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ringmer

Historical Forms

  • Middelham 1248 Ass 1327 SR
  • Midlyngham, Middilham 1288 Ass

Etymology

Middleham is Middelham 1248Ass , 1327 SR (p), Midlyngham , Middilham 1288Ass . v. Norlington infra .