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.

Middletown

Other OS name in the Parish of Upleadon

Historical Forms

  • Middelton(e), Middilton(e) 1347,1387 Ipm
  • Middletowne 1638 InqM

Etymology

, Middelton (e ), Middilton (e )1347, 1387Ipm, Middletowne 1638 InqM , v. middel , tūn , cf. Hine Town (infra ) .