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.

Litlington

Major Settlement in the Parish of Litlington

Historical Forms

  • Lit(e)lingetona 1086 ICC
  • Litlingeton(e) 1183–4 P 1306 Ipm
  • Lit(t)lington(e), Lit(t)lyngton 1187 P 1468 FF
  • Lit(t)lyngton cum Abingeton 1285 Ass
  • Lytlington(e), Lytlyngton(e) 1285 Ass 1542 et freq
  • Lytlyngton(e) juxta Bassyngbourn 1465 FF
  • Litli(n)gtun(e) c.1250 SR t.Hy3 Rental
  • Litthlington 1272 Ass
  • Lit(t)elington, Lit(t)elyngton 1285 1386 Cl 1441 Pat
  • Lytyllton 1434 ib
  • Lyttelton 1470 FF
  • Lytelton 1436 Pat
  • Litteling(e)dene 13th,14th Queens'
  • Litlyngdene 1324 ib
  • Litlintona 1086 ICC
  • Litlinton(a) 1182–91 P 1317 Cl
  • Litlintune 13th Jesus
  • Lytlynton, Litlynton 1298 Ass 1317 Cl
  • Litingtone, Lidtingtone (sic), Lidlin(g)tone 1086 DB
  • Linglington 1298 Ass
  • Lynglyngton 1299 QW
  • Lythyngton 1500 ADvi
  • Lidlinton 1626 Eg
  • Lidlington 1630 Ely
  • Letlingeton(e) c.1185 Wymond t.Ed1 BM
  • Letlington(e) 1280
  • Letlyngton(e) 1366 CaiCh
  • Luttilington' 1263 Cl
  • Lutlingeton 13th ADi
  • Lutlington(e), Lutlyngton(e) 1263 Cl 1403 et freq
  • Luttelyngton(e) 1388 ib
  • Lyllington 1570 SR
  • Lylyngton 1610 Speed

Etymology

'The farm of the people of Lȳtel (a ),' ingatūn and cf. Lillingstone and Littleworth (PN Bk 44, 88) and Lidlington (PN BedsHu 77–8).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name