English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Warninglid

Early-attested site in the Parish of Slaugham

Historical Forms

  • Warthynglithe 13th LibE
  • Warthynglythe 1373 SRS31,105
  • Warlingelide, Warlingelithe 1260–72 Sele
  • Warlinglithe, Warlyngglyde 1261 Ass 1279,1288 Ass
  • Wardingelithe, Wardlinglithe 1279 Ass
  • Wardingleed 1639 SRS14,2
  • Warnynglyth 1456 FF
  • Warninglead 1629 SAC61

Etymology

'hliþof Weardel's people,' v. ing . Weardel would be an l -diminutive of a name Wearda , a hypocoristic form of such names as Weardbeorht .