East and West Wittering
Major Settlement in the Parish of East and West Wittering
Historical Forms
- Wihttringes 683 BCS 14th
- Westwyghtryngg' 1292 FF
- Estwightryng 1320 FF 1400 Pens
- Wystrings c.770 BCS211 14th
- Westringes 1086 DB 1166 RBE
- West Wystringes 1280,1288 FF
- Wyghstrynge 1370 SAC40,114
- Witteringes 1227–33 Ch
- Wytering(e) 1241,1261 Ass
- Witringges 1338 Ch
- West Widdering 1525 Heron-Allen
Etymology
'(Settlement of) Wihthere's people,' v. ing and PN in -ing 64.There has been much confusion between the forms for this place and those for Withering infra 95 on the other side of the Selsey peninsula.