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

Early-attested site in the Parish of Westmeston

Historical Forms

  • Midelton c.1093 Lewes
  • Middelton 1327 SR

Etymology

Middleton is Midelton c. 1093Lewes , Middelton 1327 SR.Perhaps so called because between Streat and Westmeston.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement