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.

Whiddon

Early-attested site in the Parish of Marwood

Historical Forms

  • Willedenna 1086 DB
  • Wyddene 1242 Fees775
  • Wydedon 1303 FA
  • Wytedon 1244 Ass 1292 Ipm
  • Witdedene 1326 Ipm

Etymology

The forms are too widely divergent for any etymology to be possible.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement