Middleton in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Middleton, entered under the hundred of Amounderness in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Amounderness

• Aighton
• Aldcliffe
• Aldingham
• Arkholme
• Aschebi
• Ashton [Hall]
• Ashton [on Ribble]
• Austwick
• Barbon
• Bardsea
• Bare
• Barnoldswick
• Barton
• Beetham

The Meaning of the Name

The name Middleton is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word tūn, a farmstead or village, while the first element appears to represent the middle. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ’the middle farmstead’.

Remarkably, the name has changed little since 1086, when the Domesday scribes wrote it as Middleton.

Listed Buildings Near Middleton

Historic England records 11 listed buildings within about a mile of Middleton. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II

• 1, Low Road - 0.35 km
• The Old Roof Tree Inn - 0.39 km
• Downy Field House - 0.63 km
• Downy Field Farmhouse and Barn Adjoining to East - 0.64 km
• Overton Hall - 1.08 km
• April Cottage - 1.09 km
• 13, Main Street - 1.1 km
• North Farmhouse - 1.17 km
• Glebe Farmhouse - 1.17 km
• Manor House Farmhouse - 1.2 km
• Dennison Farmhouse - 1.22 km

Middleton Today

Today Middleton lies within the administrative area of Lancaster, and the settlement recorded a population of 735 at the 2021 census. Nine and a half centuries separate that figure from the small rural community the Domesday survey recorded here in 1086.

Read more about modern Middleton on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:

• Overton - 1.4 km SE
• Heaton - 2.8 km NE
• Higher and Lower Heysham - 3.2 km N
• Ashton Hall - 4.1 km E
• Oxcliffe Hall - 4.2 km NE
• Aldcliffe - 4.5 km NE