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.

Wantage Hundred

Hundred in the County of Berkshire

Historical Forms

  • Wanetinz 1086 DB c.1200 ClaudiusCix
  • Waneting 1130 P 1218 Pat
  • Waneting' 1175 P 1220,1241 Fees 1275–6 RH
  • Wanetinge 1188 P
  • Wanetingia 1219 Fees
  • Wantinge 1316 FA