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'The Olde
Boar's Head in late Summer' taken from The School House
August 2007
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Welcome to
thisismiddleton.co.uk |
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thisismiddleton.co.uk has been
designed for the people of Middleton and everybody who wants to
discover more about our home town.
Middleton is an ancient place, it's roots go far back in to
history with settlements documented as early as 1000BC.
Our parish church was founded in 1096, just 30 years after the
Battle of Hastings.
This ancient place has layers just waiting to be explored.
Please enjoy the site and feel free to contribute.
Be you a
Moonraker or not welcome, to our world! |
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Points of Interest |
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The
place name 'Middleton' comes from Saxon times. 'Tun'
meaning a settlement within an enclosure, and was the
original form of the modern word 'town'. As for
the prefix 'Middle', although disputed by some, comes from the
hill on which the church stands, 'Mid-Hul'. So
from Mid-Hul-Tun or Mid Hill Town to Middleton.
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Saint Leonard’s Parish
Church
has one of the three remaining wooden church towers in
Britain. The original church on site dated back to
Saxon times.
Cardinal
Thomas
Langley, Prince Bishop of Durham and
Chancellor of England had the church rebuilt in 1412 by
Cardinal Langley.
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The church also contains the
Flodden Window; a
stained glass window dedicated to the
Middleton Archers
who fought in the Battle of Flodden Field, it is
believed to be the oldest war memorial in existence.
Cardinal Langley also founded a charity
school in his home town of Middleton; this school was to
become
Middleton Grammar School.
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The
Olde Boars
Head is one of the oldest public houses in the
area, a stone lintel in the cellar has a date of
1632. However, there is a fireplace in the pub with the
date of 1587 so its establishment is open to debate.
The internationally renowned architect
and leader of the Arts and Crafts movement
Edgar Wood
lived and
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worked in his native Middleton. Many of
the buildings around Middleton were designed
by Wood, almost 100 in total. Most notable amongst
these is the
Methodist Church
on Long Street. |
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