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 Norton Bavant

Historical Forms

  • Mideltone 1086 DB
  • Middeldon 1275 RH 1332 SR
  • Middelton 1281 Ass
  • Middleton 1648 WMxxxvii

Etymology

Middleton (6″) is Mideltone 1086 DB, Middeldon 1275 RH, 1332SR , Middelton 1281Ass , Middleton 1648 WM xxxvii. 'Middle farm,' v. tun .

Places in the same Parish