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 ) .