Middlethorpe.—hamlet, West Ashby par., Lincoln-
shire, 2 miles N. of Horncastle. — 2. Middlethorpe*
township, St Mary Bishopshill Senior par., E. div.
West-Riding Yorkshire, on river Ouse, 3 miles S.
of York, 629 ac., pop. 131; contains Middlethorpe
Hall, seat.

Middleton.—market town, par., and township, SE.
Lancashire, 34 miles W. of Oldham and 6 miles N.
of Manchester by rail—par., 12,101 ac., pop. 25,213;
township, 1930 ac., pop. 10,346 ; town (comprising, be-
sides Middleton township, the townships of Alkrington
and Tonge in Prestwich par.), 4585 ac., pop. 18,953;
2 Banks, 2 newspapers. Market-day, Friday. Only
20 houses were here in 1770, and the progress of the
town may be dated from 1791 when it received a charter
for a weekly market. The town is situated in a fine
valley of the Irk. It is now a place with considerable
mfrs., the chief trades being silk weaving, cotton
spinning, and calico printing. Minor employments
are soap-making, machine-making, ironfounding, and
the mfr. of chemicals.—2. Middleton, eccl. dist. and
vil., Wirksworth par., Derbyshire—dist., pop. 1113;
vil. (Middleton by Wirksworth), 1| mile NW. of
Wirksworth; p.o. See Middleton by Wirksworth.
—3. Middleton, town, Stranton par., Durham, within
the parl. limits of Hartlepool, 115 ac., pop. 1195 ; P.O.
See Middleton in Stranton. — 4. Middleton, par.
and vil., Essex, on river Stour, 1 mile S. of Sudbury, 875
ac., pop. 165.—5. Middleton, 12 miles from Penclawdd,
Glamorgan; P.O.— 6. Middleton, township and vil.,
Lancaster par., N. Lancashire, on peninsula between
river Lune and Morecambe Bay, 44 miles SAY. of Lan-
caster, 1200 ac. and 2225 foreshore, pop. 157; near vil.
is Middleton Tower, seat. — 7. Middleton, Lanca-
shire. See Houghton, Middleton, and Arbury.—
8. Middleton, par. and vil. with ry. sta., Norfolk, 3
miles SE. of Kings Lynn, 3029 ac., pop. 879; P.O.; in
vicinity of vil. are Middleton Hall and Middleton
Tower, seats ; the latter is a building of time of
Henry VI., restored and enlarged. — 9. Middleton,
township, Cottingham par., Northamptonshire, 6 miles
NE. of Rothwell, pop. 314.—10. Middleton, township,
in par. and 1 mile NAY. of Belford, Northumberland,
1231 ac., pop. 145.— II. Middleton, ry. sta., North-
umberland, 9 miles W. of Morpeth. See Middleton,
North, and Middleton, South. —12. Middleton,
vil., in par. and 2 miles SE. of Oswestry, Shropshire.
—13. Middleton, vil., Bitterley par., Shropshire, 2
miles NE. of Ludlow; P.O.—14. Middleton, vil., Chir-
bury par., Shropshire, and eccl dist., partly also in
Churchstoke par., Montgomeryshire—dist., pop. 666;
the vil. is 7 miles NAY. of Bishops Castle.—15. Middle-
ton, par. and vil., Suffolk, on river Badingham, 4 miles
NE. of Saxmundham, 1420 ac., pop. 503; P.O.—16.
Middleton, coast par., Sussex, 24 miles E. of Bognor,
370 ac. and 207 foreshore, pop. 44.—17. Middleton,
par. and vil., Warwickshire, on border of Staffordshire,
44 miles SW. of Tamworth, 3540 ac., pop. 465 ; P.O.;
Middleton Hall is the seat of Lord Middleton.—18.
Middleton, township and vil. with ry. sta., Kirkby
Lonsdale par., AYestmorland, on river Lune, 6 miles
N. of Kirkby Lonsdale, 7276 ac. (68 water), pop. 231;
P.O., called Middleton in Lonsdale.—19. Middleton,
township, Ilkley par., E. div. AYest-Riding Yorkshire,
on river AVharfe, 54 miles NW. of Otley, 2658 ac., pop.
151; contains Middleton Lodge, seat.—20. Middle-
ton, eccl. dist., township, and vil., Rothwell par., S.
div. West-Riding Yorkshire—dist., pop. 2835; town-
ship, 1815 ac., pop. 1134; the vil. is 4 miles S. of Leeds.

Middleton.—estate, Fettercairn par., SAV. Kincar-
dineshire ; gave the title of earl to the Middleton
family in reign of Charles II. ; is now called Fetter-
cairn : which see. — 2. Middleton, hamlet, Orwell
par., Kinross-shire, 1| mile N. of Milnathort.

Middleton.—market town, township, and par. with
ry. sta. (Midleton), in co. and 16 miles E. of Cork, on
river Middleton or Owencurra, 178 miles SW. of Dublin
—par., 5712 ac., pop. 5105; township, 381 ac., pop. 3358;
P.O., T.O., 3 Banks. Market-day, Saturday. The town
has an extensive distillery and several flour mills. It
stands on the property of Viscount Middleton, in a
rich and beautiful district. The river, which falls into
Cork harbour, is navigable for vessels of nearly 300
tons to Ballynacurra, 2 miles below Middleton. — 2.
Middleton, seat, 2 miles SAA^r. of Castletown ry. sta.,
co. AYestmeath.