English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Willing

Other OS name in the Parish of Rattery

Historical Forms

  • Wyllen 1515–18 ECP5,165
  • atte Wille 1330 SR

Etymology

is Wyllen 1515–18 ECP 5, 165 and was the home ofMargery atte Wille 1330SR . ' At the spring(s) , ' v. wielle . The later and modern forms seem to go back to the OE weak plural .