Fen Ditton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Fen Ditton
Historical Forms
- (æt) Dictunæ c.975 ASWills
- (æt) Dictune c.1000 11th LibEl c.1050 12th
- Dictun 1022 Galeiii
- (at) Dittone c.950 ASWills 14th
- Dittune c.1050 KCD907 13th
- Dittune non illam Silvestrem 1170 LibEl
- Dittona 1086 ICC
- Ditton(e), Dytton(e) 1200 Cur
- Fen Ditton 1281 Pat
- Fenny Ditton 1285 Ass
- Ditton cum Horningeshey 1316 FA
- Duton 1336 Cl
Etymology
'tūnby the dīc,' i.e. Fleam Dyke (supra 35) which here joins the Cam, in contrast to Woodditton supra 127. It adjoins Horningsea infra 145.