# Withington

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #87,994

## Definitions
1. A village and civil parish in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP0315).
2. A suburb in southern Manchester, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ8492).
3. A village and civil parish (served by Withington Group Parish Council) in Herefordshire, England, north-east of Hereford (OS grid ref SO5643).
4. A habitational surname from Old English.

## Etymology
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”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/withington