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.

Whiddon

Other OS name in the Parish of Ide

Historical Forms

  • Wyteton 1330 SR
  • Whetton 1524 SR

Etymology

is Wyteton 1330SR (p), Whetton 1524SR . ' White farm ' or ' Hwīta 's farm , ' v. tun .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement