Ulting
Major Settlement in the Parish of Ulting
Historical Forms
- Ultingam 1086 DB
- Ulting(e) 1225 FF 1257 Ch
- Ultingg 1303 FA
- Ultyng(g) 1313,1315 Ipm 1337 Londin
- Wltinge 12th BM
- Ultingeford 1239 FF
- Hultinges (Ultinges) 1166 RBE
- Hultinge 1185 Templars 1236 Fees
- Hultyngge 1293 IpmR
- Huting 1230 Ch, Pat
- Ulteringes 1254 EASxviii
- Oltynges 1256 FF
- Oltyng 1359 BM
- Holting 1361 IpmR
- Owltyng 1524,1558 FF
- Owltinge 1594 N
- Oultinge 1604 EAvii
- Owtinge 1572 FF 1592 BM
- Outing 1704–7 EssPRiii
Etymology
Ekwall (PN in -ing 50) suggests that the most plausible etymology of this difficult name is that the base is a lost name of the Chelmer, British *Ult , and compares the River l'Oust in Brittany and the Lot in south France with earlier forms Ult , Ulto , Ulta . An old name of the Chelmer is certainly contained in the name of the neighbouring parish of Baddow, but the river is not very likely to have had two names in such a short distance.If this is a lost river-name, it is perhaps rather that of the Ter which joins the Chelmer close by here and, for a short distance, forms the parish-boundary.