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.

Woodington

Early-attested site in the Parish of Thelbridge

Historical Forms

  • Hodeton 1285 Ipm
  • Odeton juxta Wytherygge 1339 Ass

Etymology

Probably 'Odda 's farm,' v. tun , the later w being inorganic.For ing , cf. Waddington supra 386.