Definition of "Middleton"

Any of many placenames in England, Scotland and elsewhere, from the Old English words for "middle town", including:

1. A rural locality and civil parish (without a council) in South Lakeland district, Cumbria, England, the locality also known as Middleton in Lonsdale (OS grid ref SD6286).  examples

2. A village and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England, otherwise known as Middleton-by-Wirksworth, the name of the parish council (OS grid ref SK2756).  examples

3. A town in Rochdale borough, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD8705).  examples

4. A village and civil parish near Heysham, Lancaster district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4258).  examples

5. A village and civil parish in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF6616).  examples

6. A village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, formerly in Corby district (OS grid ref SP8389).  examples

7. A small village in Bitterley parish, south Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO5477).  examples

8. A hamlet near Oswestry, north-west Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ3129).  examples

9. A village in Middleton cum Fordley parish, East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM4367).  examples

10. A suburb of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3028).  examples

11. A town in Nova Scotia, Canada.  examples

12. A city in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States.  examples

13. A town in Dane County, Wisconsin, adjacent to the city.  examples

An earldom in the English peerage.  examples

(countable) An English and Scottish habitational surname from Old English from any of the places.  examples