Witton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Witton
Historical Forms
- Widituna, Wittuna 1086 DB
- Wittona 1175–86 Holme
- Witon' 1185 RotDom
- Witton 1194 Cur 1201 RC 1212,1243 Fees t.Hy3 Ipm 1275 RH 1327 Banco 1328,1342,1374 Pat 1328 Bromh 1339 Cl 1405 FF 1428 FA 1440 FF 1535 VE
- Wittun c.1200 Bromh
- Wytton(e) 1234 Cl 1250to1286 Ass 1303,1324,1325 Pat 1309,1315 FF 1316,1346,1402 FA 1317,1356 FF 1330 BM 1347 Cl 1367 Seld 1428 FF
- Wittone 1254–75 Val 1257,1286 Ass
- Wottone 1254–75 Val
- Withtun 1227 Bromh
Etymology
The situation of this place, as that of Witton, Blofield Hundred, on the edge of a woodland area, and the earliest spellings suggest OE widu -tūn (wudu -tūn ) 'tūn by a wood'. This is also the explanation given by Ekwall (DEPN s.n.), who considers this derivation certain. v. widu , wudu , tūn .
The church, dedicated to St Margaret, possesses some remains of its Anglo-Saxon origin (v. Pevsner 345).