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.

Whittington

Major Settlement in the Parish of Whittington

Historical Forms

  • Hu(u)itingtun 816 BCS357 11th
  • Hwitintune 989 KCD670 11th
  • Widintun 1086 DB
  • Witintona, Wytinton c.1086 EveA 1190 Bodl18b c.1235 c.1245 c.1255 ib
  • Whitenton, Whytinton, Whytyntone 1227 FF 1327 SR 1333 Bodl58 1365 BM
  • Wiþindon c.1240 WoC

Etymology

'Hwīta 's farm,' v. ingtun . DB and WoC are curiously in agreement in going astray over this name.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site