Wittering
Major Settlement in the Parish of Wittering
Historical Forms
- (æt) Wiðering ige, (on) Wiðeringa eige 972 BCS1130 c.1200
- Widringaiʒ, Wiðringaig c.975 Thorney 14th
- Witheringham 1086 DB
- Wythering 1227 Ch
- Witering(a) 1166 P 1178,1190–1195 P 1189 Ch 1332 ChronPetro 1275 FA 1428
- Wyteringg 1275 Cl
- Winteringes 1201 P
- Wuitterinḡ (sic) 1201 FineR
- Wittering 1284 FA 1346 FA
- Weteryng 1349 Cl 1517 DBE
- Whitring alias Wittering 1675 Ogilby
- Whitering 1709 Poll
Etymology
'Settlement of the people of Wiðer ,' v. Werrington supra 246.