The name "Wateringbury"

Post date: Sep 05, 2012 10:23:54 AM

Name studies are a complex and specialised area, and Nottingham university is the recognised authority in the UK. It believes the name "Wateringbury" is a three element name :

• "Othere" an Anglo-Saxon masculine personal name;

• "Ing" meaning "people of" or "tribe of";

• "Burh" meaning "fortification" or "stronghold" :

and so, all together, "The fortification of the people of Othere".

Further details, including photos of the earliest written forms of the name in both Old English and Latin, are to be found in the society's publication A History of Wateringbury to 1086.