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.

Wilton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Ormesby

Historical Forms

  • Widtune 1086 DB
  • Wiltune 1086 DB 1155–65 Whitby

Etymology

Other forms and interpretation are as for Wilton (Pickering) 90supra .