The story
- Old English · derived fromwīþing“willow copse”
- English todayWithington
Two main origins: * The village in Gloucestershire is from the Old English personal name Widia + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). * The suburb of Manchester is from Old English wīþing (“willow copse”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.