Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Wadingeham 1086 DB 1168,1169,1170,1191,1192,1193,1194 P 1177 1202 Ass

• Wadingeh' 1250 Fees

• Waddingeham 1200 FF

• Wadingheheim c1115 LS

• Waldingeham 1218 Ass

• Waudingeham 1219 1225 Cur 1226 FF 1226 Cur

• Wadingham 1086 DB c1115 LS c1180 Bly 1185 Templar 1200 P 1202 Ass 1203 1203 Cur 1203 Abbr 1211 Cur 1212 FF 1212 P 1242–43 Fees 1542 AOMB

• Wadincham c1180 Bly 1212 Fees 1338 Pat

• Wadigham 1203 FF 1239 RRG

• Wadyngham 1303 FA 1305 Pat 1316 FA 1322 Cl 1332 SR 1328 Banco 1334 Ipm 1335 Pat 1338 Cl 1342 Fine 1369 Ipm 1380 Pat 1551 et passim

• Waddingham 1526 Sub 1551 Pat 1533 LPxix 1576 Saxton

• Waddingham (als Staynton Waddingham) 1601 BRA

• Waddingham 1610 Speed

• Steynton' Wadingham 1293 Ass

• Staynton Wadyngham 1327 SR 1329 Ass 1316 Orig 1327 Banco 1331 Pat 1497 LWB

• Stainton Waddingham 1531,1549,1567,1648,1624 WillsStow 1614,1632,1639 Admin

• Stanton Waddingham 1593,1605,1661 DCLB

Etymology

The homestead, the estate of the Wadingas' from the gen.pl. Wadinga of the OE  group name Wadingas 'the family, the dependents of Wada ' and OE  hām 'a homestead, an estate'. The form in -heim is from the cognate ON  heim, while those in Walde -, Waude - are presumably errors. The same pers.n. is found in Waddington (Kest) and Waddingworth (LSR). The affix Stainton is from the lost village of that name in Waddingham parish.