Wiseton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Wiseton
Historical Forms
- Wisetone 1086 DB
- Wyseton 1219 ClR 1226 FF
- Wiston 1217 ClR 1344 Ass
- Wiston juxta Cloworth 1322 FF
- Suth Wiston in le clay 1327 Banco
- Whiston 1266 Pat
- Wisesuna (11th Dugd vi, 262)
Etymology
It is impossible to be sure with regard to this name. Ekwall hazards the suggestion that it is from OE Wīges -tūn from the personal name Wig but notes that the DB form makes it rather unlikely. Equally hazardous is the suggestion that like Wissington (Sf), it goes back to OE Wiswyþetun (BCS 1289). More probable perhaps is derivation from OE wisce , 'damp meadow'; cf. the forms for Wisley (PN Sr 155) which is certainly a compound of wisce and already has Wise - in DB. But the name may equally well contain the personal name Wisa found in the compound Godric Wisesuna (11th Dugd vi, 262). For in le clay , v. supra 24.