Whittlesford
Major Settlement in the Parish of Whittlesford
Historical Forms
- Witlesforda 1086 ICC
- Witlesforde 1086 InqEl
- Witelesforde 1086 DB
- Witelesforda 1086 InqEl
- Wittlesford 1086 InqEl
- Wit(t)(e)lesford(e), Wyt(t)(e)lesford(e) 1170 LibEl 1492 Pat
- Wyt(t)(e)lesforth(e) 1380 FF 1563–8 Ely
- Wy(t)thlesford 1249 FF 13th Ely
- Wit(t)(e)lisford(e), Wyt(t)(e)lisford(e), Wyt(t)(e)lysford(e) 1268 Ass 1501 Ipm
- Wyttylsford 1397 Pat
- Wyttilesford 1423 FF
- Wyttlesworth 14th Huddleston
- Wyt(t)(e)leford, Wit(t)leford 1241 Cl 1341 NI
- Witheford 1272 Ass
- Wyt(f)ford 1549 Pat
- Wylysfeud 1272 Ass
- Willesford 1427 Pat
- Whytleford' 1348 Works
- Whittlesford 1643 EAvi
- Wetelesford(e) 1400 IpmR 1403–7 Cl
- Wittesford 1490 Ely
- Wyttisford 1504 ECP
- Wydford 1549 Pat
- Widford 1576 Saxton 1610 Speed 1763 Bowen
- Witzer 1722 StJ
Etymology
'Wit (t )el 's ford,' v. ford and cf. also Whittlesey infra 258. The same man also gave name to Witlisoo in Whittlesford (1504Pembroke ), v. hōh .