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.

Wittons

Other OS name in the Parish of Bolton by Bowland

Historical Forms

  • Wittance 1710 ib
  • Witton 16 PRBlt

Etymology

, 1716 PRBlt , Wittance 1710 ib, named from a local family of Witton (16 PRBlt 5et freq ) .