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

Major Settlement in the Parish of Middleton

Historical Forms

  • Mideltone 1086 DB
  • Middelton 1175 P
  • Middelton juxta Drayton 1318 Ass
  • Middeltun 1220 Pat
  • Middilton 1315 Ipm

Etymology

Self-explanatory, v. tun . It lies half-way between Tamworth and Coleshill. Distinguished as juxta Drayton with reference to Drayton (St) adjoining.

Places in the same Parish