| Found in Domesday 1086AD | |
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| Names found: | Watlingetone (Sussex) |
| Wildene (Sussex) | |
| Wildetone (Sussex) | |
| Current translation for Whatlington | ||||||||||
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what derived from hwaet/watel – wheat/wattle | |||||||||
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ling derived from el ænge – people of a troubled village(appear to be fortlets or pallisaded villages) | |||||||||
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ton derived from tun – a settlement on a hill | |||||||||
| “Wheat people of a troubled village settlement on a hill” | ||||||||||
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| Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk | ||||||||||