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Vattingstone Brake

Other OS name in the Parish of Elberton

Historical Forms

  • Fattyngston 1497 AOMB

Etymology

, 1830 M , Fattyngston 1497AOMB , the ME  byname Fatting ( ELPers 136 ) or ModE  vatting , fatting ' the fattening of animals ' , ' rendering land richand fertile ' , usages evidenced from the late 16th century ( NED s.v . ) ; v. stān , and for initial V - cf. Phonol. § 34 (a ) .