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.

Whittonditch

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ramsbury

Historical Forms

  • Whitedic 1249 Cl
  • Whitindich 1298 FF
  • Whydindych, Wydindiche 1332 SR

Etymology

Whittonditch is Whitedic 1249 Cl, Wytendyche 1268, Whytendich 1289Ass , Whitindich 1298FF , Whydindych , Wydindiche 1332SR (p), Whityngdiche 1456, Whittyndyche 1562FF . The name would seem to go back to OE  (æt þām ) hwītan dīce , 'at the white ditch,' v. dic .