Wilton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Wilton
Historical Forms
- Uuiltún 838 BCS421
- Wiltun 854 c.1000 Asser
- (æt) Wiltune 871 ASC 9th
- Wiltun(e) 933,937(13th) BCS699,714 c.950 ASWills
- (to) Wiltune 955 BCS912 14th
- (in) Wiltune 968 13th ASWills c.975 14th
- Wiltune, Wiltone 1086 DB
Etymology
Coin-forms are Wiltu (n ) t. Edgar, Wilt (u ) t. Ethelred 2, Wiltu t. Canute, Wiltun , Wiltu , Wilt Wiltune t. Edw Conf.
'Farmstead on the river Wylye,' v. tun and Wylye supra 11.