Wing
Major Settlement in the Parish of Wing
Historical Forms
- Weng(e) 1136–9 Reg 1202 Ass 1209–19 RHug 1298 OSut 1394 Rut 1428 FA
- Wenga 1136–9,1148–54 Reg c1291 Tax
- Wieng' 1203,1204 P
- Wyenge 1296 SR
- Whenge 1315 Ipm 1403,1407 Cl
- Wheenge 1346 FF
- Weyng 1390 Pat
- Veynge 1409 ELiW 1409 PRep
- Wyng(e) 1294 Ass 1305 FA 1543 Conant
- Wing 1516 EpCB 1610 Speed
Etymology
'The field', v. vengi . OScand vengi is a derivative of ON vangr 'an in-field'. The earliest reference to this toponym is in the bounds of the Ayston charter of 1046 where we find into wenge forde (v. The Ayston Charter). It is uncertain whether at this date wenge applied to a field or to a settlement which had developed there.