Middleton

Other current and historical names

Mildetuna
Mildeltuna

Parish/Community: Middleton
District/Borough: Braintree
County: Essex
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 52°1'21"N 0°43'36"E
Eastings/Northings: 587190, 239517
OS Grid: TL871395
Mapcode Local: GBR QHQ.4LH
Mapcode Global: VHKF9.KF3D

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Middleton within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Middleton in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Middleton, par. and vil., Essex, on river Stour, 1 mile S. of Sudbury, 875 ac., pop. 165.

Middleton in the Domesday Book

A village in Hinckford hundred, in the county of Essex.

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Freemen, thirteen
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
- Taxable Value: 1 ³⁄₄ geld
- Households: 8 smallholders; 13 freemen
- Plough Teams: 3 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 13 acres
- Woodland: 8 pigs
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Earl Algar
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Freemen, nine
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Gilbert the priest
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Gilbert the priest
- Taxable Value: 1 ³⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1086
- Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs
- Meadow: 4 acres
3rd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert Malet
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1086
- Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ lord's plough

British Place Names

Middleton, Essex

Middleton is a hamlet in Essex

Middleton in historic gazetteers

Middleton in the Domesday Book