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Whittington

  • /ˈwɪtɪŋtən/
  • /ˈʍ-/

proper noun Whittingtons

  1. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SP0120).
  2. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in City of Lancaster district, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD6076).
  3. countable, uncountable A settlement in Northwold parish, King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TL7199).
  4. countable, uncountable A civil parish north of Hexham, Northumberland.
  5. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ3231).
  6. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish (served by Whittington and Fisherwick Parish Council) in Lichfield district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SK1608).
  7. countable, uncountable A hamlet in Kinver parish, South Staffordshire district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SO8582).
  8. countable, uncountable A hamlet in Eccleshall parish, Stafford district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ7933).
  9. countable, uncountable A hamlet in Grendon parish, North Warwickshire district, Warwickshire (OS grid ref SP2999).
  10. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in Wychavon district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SO8752).
  11. countable, uncountable A suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
  12. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Ewing Township, Franklin County, Illinois, United States.
  13. countable, uncountable A surname. Dick Whittington, historic Lord Mayor of London.

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@misc{whittington_2026,
  title = {Whittington},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/whittington},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}