English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Littletown

Other OS name in the Parish of Little Wittenham

Historical Forms

  • Little Town 1830 OS

Etymology

( site of ) , Little Town 1830 OS , which shows a farm on the parish boundary . O.S . maps say ' destroyed 1838 ' , cf. ArchJ 6, 122 , ' there stood early in the 19th Century a group of cottages called Little Town ' .