Lower Writhlington
hamlet · Bath and North East Somerset
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Lower Writhlington is a descriptive name indicating a settlement situated below another place called Writhlington. 'Writhlington' likely means 'settlement associated with Wryhta'.
Word origins
- Lower
- Old Englishsituated below(from lāwera "lower")
- Writhlington
- Old EnglishAttestedsettlement associated with Wryhta(from Wryhta "personal name (craftsman)", ingas "people of, followers of", tūn "settlement, farmstead")