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.

Whiston

Major Settlement in the Parish of Whiston

Historical Forms

  • Hwiccntunæ t.Wm1 ChronRams 13th
  • Wichentonam 974 ChronRams 13th
  • Wice(n)tone 1086 DB
  • Wichenton(a) 1114–30 Ramsey c.1350 P 1175,1187,1191 Cur 1200 Ass 1202
  • Wichanton t.Ric1 Cur
  • Wichinton 1216 ClR 1229 Cl
  • Whiston 12th Survey
  • Whyston 1262 FF 1274 Ass 1316 FA
  • Wyston 1274 Ass 1275 RH 1284 FA
  • Wicheton' 1220 Fees
  • Hwichetone, Hwychetone 1231 WellsR
  • Whicheston 1242 Fees
  • Whicheton 1247 Ass
  • Whichinton 1253 BM
  • Whysheton 1294 Ass
  • Wyshton 1318,1362 Cl
  • Whissheton 1357,1455 FF
  • Whiston 1357 Cl

Etymology

'The farm of one Hwicce ,' ingtun and PN Wo xv. The pers. name Hwicce is not on record, but would be a regular formation from the folk-name Hwicce .

Places in the same Parish

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