Talk:Milton

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I suggest that "Milton: a Poem" be somehow incorporated into the disambiguation of John Milton. I don't think "Milton" should automatically redirect to "John Milton (1608–1674)". There are lots of other Miltons out there, and even a few other John Miltons. Of course, he IS the most famous Milton, but still, "Milton" should probably be a disambiguation page that can direct to (at least) Surnames, Milton: a Poem, and to the John Milton disambiguation page. 68.55.168.101 17:50, 30 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

according to the index in the Ordnance Survey Atlas of Great Britain, there are 53 places with that name ....Peter Shearan (talk) 15:27, 25 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The orgin for the name Milton is English, I believe, for someone from a "mill-town." I dont have a source for it, but Im fairly certain it is...so if someone wants to find a source, knock yourself out. Its also related to the surname Miller for the same reason —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.226.123.162 (talk) 02:58, 30 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The origins need to be determined on a case-by-case basis. "Mill-town" is unlikely as an origin, the form of English is far too modern for most of the original Miltons. Outside England many Miltons are simply named after one of the English Miltons. As an example or the origin consider Milton Regis, which has been variously "Middleton Terra Regis" (1086), "Mylton Royale" (893) and later "Middletune". The latter is reflected in one of the local schools. Milton Regis is roughly halfway between Rochester and Faversham, a day's (foot) journey from each. Consider again Milton, Derbyshire which in Domesday is recorded as "Berewite of Middletune" or "Hamlet of Middle Farmstead. Milton as a personal name is a geographic identifier. Martin of Sheffield (talk) 12:49, 15 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

In Our Time[edit]

The BBC programme In Our Time presented by Melvyn Bragg has an episode which may be about this subject (if not moving this note to the appropriate talk page earns cookies). You can add it to "External links" by pasting * {{In Our Time|Milton|p00548bg}}. Rich Farmbrough, 03:18, 16 September 2010 (UTC).[reply]