West Lilling, East Lilling
Major Settlement in the Parish of Sheriff Hutton
Historical Forms
- Lilinge, Lilinga 1086 DB
- Lilling(a) 1167 P 1202 FF 1295 For
- West Lillinge 1282 YI
- Estlillyng 1317 For
Etymology
'The settlement of Lilla and his dependants,' the name being originally a family name based on the OE personal name Lilla ; v. ing . There is here no evidence for an OE form Lillingas , 'the Lillings,' but in Yorkshire the nom. plur. ending -as in ing - names of this type fell into disuse at an early date. That this took place is clear from such names as Gilling (Ryed) and Pickering 53, 85infra . These names are much better evidenced in early spellings than Lilling and in them we have definite traces of the survival of the OE plur. ending -as as ME -es . The absence of this ending may be due to a certain extent to the original OE form of the name being in the dat. plur. -um as in Bede's Ingetlingum .