Willington, Warwickshire

Willington is a village in Warwickshire, England. Population details are included within Barcheston

Coordinates: 52°03′12″N 1°36′54″W / 52.05333°N 1.61500°W / 52.05333; -1.61500

The origin of the place-name is from Old English tun (homestead or farm) of Wulfāf's or Wīglāf's people, and appears as Ullavintone in the Domesday Book and as Wullavington in 1287.[1]

References

The geographic coordinates are from the Ordnance Survey.

  1. ↑ Ekwall, Eilert, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 4th edition, 1960. p. 520. ISBN 0198691033.

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