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.

Wessington

Other OS name in the Parish of Calne

Historical Forms

  • Westyngton 1527 Marsh
  • Wessington c.1840 TA

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Westyngton 1527 Marsh, Wessington c. 1840TA . It is not ' west ' in relation to any part of Calne parish .