Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Mill 1811 OS

• Middle Mill 1841 TAMap

Etymology

, named from Mill 1811 OS, Middle Mill 1841TAMap , cf. Higher Mill supra ; early references to mills on R . Lim include the mention of a mill at Lime in1086 DB , molend ' de Lym in Lym 1268Ass , ' the queen 's mills at Netherlym of Lauynton ' (associated with John de Lavynton ) 1311 Pat , 'the King 's mills '1331 Hutch3 , a license to build a water - mill on ground called la Mulehulle 1340 Fine, LymeR , Hutch3 ( cf. the f.n. Paradise infra ) , 'fulling mill '1582 LymeR , Town Mills (Penn 74) , cf. also New Mills and Gdn , Windmill Cl 1842TA , Cloth & Silk Mill (disused) (6″) .