noun

• Any of many placenames in England, Scotland and elsewhere, from the Old English words for "middle town", including:
• 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).
• 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).
• A town in Rochdale borough, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD8705).
• A village and civil parish near Heysham, Lancaster district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4258).
• A village and civil parish in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF6616).
• A village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, formerly in Corby district (OS grid ref SP8389).
• A small village in Bitterley parish, south Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO5477).
• A hamlet near Oswestry, north-west Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ3129).
• A village in Middleton cum Fordley parish, East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM4367).
• A suburb of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3028).
• A town in Nova Scotia, Canada.
• A city in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States.
• A town in Dane County, Wisconsin, adjacent to the city.
• An earldom in the English peerage.
• (countable) An English and Scottish habitational surname from Old English from any of the places.