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.

Milton

Other OS name in the Parish of Heversham

Historical Forms

  • molendino de Preston 1190–1210 Cockers
  • molendinum aquaticum de Preston 1501 CockersRent

Etymology

, 1777M , doubtless named from the mill , molendino de Preston 1190–1210Cockers 1003, molendinum aquaticum de Preston 1501 CockersRent , v. myln , tūn .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site