Warlingham
Major Settlement in the Parish of Warlingham
Historical Forms
- Warlyngham 1144 Dugdv,96
- Warlingham 1198,1241 FF 1201 Cur 1241,1272 Ass c.1242 Merton
- Warlinggeham c.1200 SACix
- Warlingeham 1214 FF 1225,1241,1259 Ass c.1270 Winton
- Werlingham 1263 Ass 1272 Cl 1354 FF
- Worlingham 1291 Tax 1318 Pat
Etymology
This may be a reduced form of such an OE name as Wǣr - lāfingaham , 'hamof the people of Wǣrlāf .' More probably it contains the personal name Wǣrla , a diminutive hypocoristic form of an OE Wǣr - name.