Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• (æt) Wæclinctune 887 BCS547 11th

• Wæcling tun 11th Heming

• Huuætlingatune 11th Heming

• Watelintone, Watelintune 1086 DB

• Watelinton' c.1160 OxonCh

• Watelinton c.1280 Os

• Watlint' 1123–33 OxonCh

• Watlintona 1129–33 OxonCh 1320 Ch

• Wattlinton' 1300 Ipm

• Wattlintune 1320 Ch

• Wathlintona 1184 Ex late12th

• Watling' 1203 Cur

• Watlingtun' 1218 Cl

• Wattlington' 1246–7 Ass

• Wattlington 1319 Cl

• Wattelyngton 1392 Cl

• Wartlinton' 1238 Cl

• Wathinton' 1275–6 RH

• Wakelintone, Walyngton 1285 Ass

• Whatlyngton' 1294 AD

• Whatelyngton 1428 FA

• Wanlintona 1320 Ch

• Whattelinton 1482–3 MertR

• Wattelton 1708 Cooke

Etymology

'tūnof the Wæclingas or of *Wæcel ', v. ingtūn . The first element may be formally identical with that of Watling Street, named from the Old English name for the Roman settlement at Verulamium; v. PN BedsHu 5–7, PN Herts 7, 87, PN Mx 9. Probably, however, this name consists of the personal name *Wæcel , and the element ingtūn . v. Introduction xviii.