The story
- Old English · derived fromweargtrēow“gallows”
- English todayWarter
The village is from Old English weargtrēow (“gallows”, literally “tree of the felon”). Or, from wearrtrēow (“callused tree”), from wearr + trēow. The surname derives from the place. The surname is sometimes confused with Water.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.