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 Common

Other OS name in the Parish of Middleton and Smerrill

Historical Forms

  • Middelton(e) More 1330 Ass 1535 Val
  • Middleton More 1582 Portland

Etymology

, 1818EnclA and is clearly earlier Middelton (e ) More 1330Ass , 1535Val, Middleton More 1582Portland , v. mōr 1 .