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.

Weeton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Welwick

Historical Forms

  • Wideton 1086 DB
  • Wydthona t.John YD
  • Withton, Wythton 1279 QW 1332 SR
  • Wytheton 1260,1301 YI
  • Wytheton by Wellewyk 1314 Ch
  • Weton 1417 BevAct 1556 FF

Etymology

'Willow farm,' v. wiðig , tun . Cf. Little Weighton infra 205 and Weeton (WRY), Widetun , Widitun DB, Witheton c. 1170BodlCh .

Places in the same Parish