witham
witham Lexical Profile
• noun
British A town in the county of Essex in the East of England, situated between Chelmsford and Colchester.
"We took the commuter train from London to Witham to visit our relatives for the weekend."
British A river in Lincolnshire, eastern England, that flows through Grantham and Lincoln before emptying into The Wash.
"The city of Lincoln is famously situated on the banks of the River Witham."
British An English surname originally denoting a person from the town of Witham or a person living near the River Witham.
"The Witham family has a long and extensively documented history in the local parish records."
Word Origin & Etymology
The town in Essex derives its name from the Old English 'Witanham', meaning 'the homestead or estate of a man named Wita'. The River Witham in Lincolnshire has an uncertain, pre-English, possibly Celtic origin.