Wilden
Major Settlement in the Parish of Wilden
Historical Forms
- Wilden(e) 1086 DB 1163 P 1197 FF
- Wileden 1167 P
- Willeden(e) 1167 P 1346 ChancRoll 1526 Ipm
- Wildon 1194 P
- Wildana 1208 FF
- Wyleden 1234 Cl 1287 Ass
- Wyledon 1264 BHRSv.232
- Weledene 1284 FA
- Wyl(l)eden 1287 Ass
- Willden 1287 Ass
- Wyldene 1297 SR
- Wilden al. Wileden 1323 Abbr
- Wyliden 1346 Ipm
- Wilding 1798,1800,1820 Jury
Etymology
'Valley of Wil(l)a.' Willa is a well-established OE name and the existence of an alternative form Wila is made probable by the patronymic Wilinc . Cf. Willington infra 99. v. denu . The -ing forms show the common vulgarism heard in [kitʃiŋ] for kitchen .