A very common name, usually ‘middle farmstead or estate’, OE
middel +
tūn; examples include:
Middleton Norfolk.
Mideltuna (1086) (DB).
Middleton Rochdale
Middelton (1194).
Middleton Cheney Northamptonshire
Mideltone (1086) (DB),
Middleton Cheyndut (1342). Manorial affix from the
de Chendut family, here in the 12th cent.
Middleton in Teesdale Durham.
Middeltona (
c.1180),
Mideltone in Tesedale (1236). Affix means ‘in the valley of the River Tees’, Celtic river-name (‘surging river’) + OScand.
dalr.
Middleton on Sea West Sussex.
Middeltone (1086) (DB).
Middleton on the Wolds East Riding of City & County of Yorkshire
Middeltun (1086) (DB). See
Wolds.
Middleton St George Darlington
Middilton (1259),
Middelton Seint George (1382). Affix from the dedication of the church.
Middleton Scriven Shropshire
Middeltone (1086) (DB),
Skrevensmyddleton (1577). Manorial affix is probably the ME surname
Scriven from a family of this name with lands here.
Middleton Tyas N. City & County of Yorks.
Middeltun (1086) (DB),
Midilton Tyas 14th cent. Manorial affix from the
le Tyeis family who may have had lands here at an early date.
However the following have a different origin:
Middleton on the Hill Herefordshire
Miceltune (1086) (DB). ‘Large farmstead or estate’. OE
micel +
tūn.
Middleton Priors Shropshire
Mittelington (1221). Possibly ‘farmstead at stream-junction’. OE *(
ge)
mthel + connective -
ing- +
tūn. Affix from its early possession by Wenlock Priory.