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Middleton

A Dictionary of British Place-Names | 2003 | | Copyright

Middleton, a very common name, usually ‘middle farmstead or estate’, OE middel + tūn; examples include: Middleton Norfolk. Mideltuna 1086 (DB). Middleton Rochdl. Middelton 1194. Middleton Cheney Northants. 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 W. Sussex. Middeltone 1086 (DB). Middleton on the Wolds E. R. Yorks. Middeltun 1086 (DB). See Wolds. Middleton St George Darltn. Middilton 1259, Middelton Seint George 1382. Affix from the dedication of the church. Middleton Scriven Shrops. 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. 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 Herefs. Miceltune 1086 (DB). ‘Large farmstead or estate’. OE micel + tūn. Middleton Priors Shrops. Mittelington 1221. Possibly ‘farmstead at stream-junction’. OE *(ge)mȳthel + connective -ing- + tūn. Affix from its early possession by Wenlock Priory.

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Middleton

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Middleton city (1991 pop. 51,373), Rochdale metropolitan district, NW England, in the Greater Manchester metropolitan area on the Irk River. Manufactures include cotton, silks, chemicals, plastics, and soap.

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