Waverton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Waverton
Historical Forms
- Wauerton 1183 P
- magna 1278 Ass
- Wauertoun 1332 SR
- Wavreton 1300 CWv
- Wibertun' 1210 Cur
- Warton 1452 Fine 1576 S 1656 CantWvii
- Waverton al. Warton 1590 FF
Etymology
'tūn by the R. Waver' (supra 30). In 1349Ass it is said that there are “duo ville q. v. Wauerton ' videlicet magna Wauereton ' et parua Wauerton '.” Little Waverton is now Lessonhall infra .