Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Wyctunstall 1286 Eyre

• Wyktonstal(l) 1347,1368 ib

• Wykedonstall 1370 ib

• Wygetunstal' 1286 Eyre

• Wigtonstalle 1355 BPR

• Wictetunstal 13 Cre

• Wittonstall 1302 Earw

• Wytonestal 1354 Eyre

• Wydonstall 1370 ib

• Wyttonnstall 1378 ib

• Wyttynstall 1453 ChRR

• Wytstonstal 1341 Eyre

• Wykstonstall 1357 ib

• Finney Green 1831 Bry

Etymology

'The site of the enclosure with a dwelling in it', v. wīc-tūn, stall .The modern name is taken from the family of John Finney who married the heiress of the Wittonstall family in 1608 (Earw I 149), v. grēne 2 'a green', cf. Finney Field 1840TA , Finney Lee 226infra .