Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Witone 1086 DB

• Wichton(a) 1168,1169 P

• Wictton 1235,1242 Fees

• Wytton 1282 FF 1291,1322 Ipm 1376,1410 ADiii

• Wytton juxta Aston 1394 Ass

• Little Witton 1652 FF

• Wythton 1355 Bodl

Etymology

A compound of wic and tun . Cf. Witton (PN Wo 289). The exact significance of this compound it is difficult to determine.It is used in the OE  translation of the psalms to render Latin atrium in the phrase “enter ye his courts. ”