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Ovington — Offing a-tun, Kemble. There are Ovington and 

 Ovingham in Norttumberland, on Tyneside. 



Shotton — anciently Scot-tun, and Scocadun. Symeon of Durh., 

 ut supra. 



Snotterton — anciently "Cnaperton, one of the vills of Stain- 

 drop." Surtees. 



In Symeon of Durh., vol. i., p. 152, it is said Snotterton may 

 be Keverston. There is Snitter, on the Coquet. 



Stainton — Stone-tun ; Stantun (Sym. of Durh.) or Staynton. 

 " The houses of the village stand on the brink of large quarries 

 of freestone." 



Whorlton — :" The original name was Querington. Whorlton 

 in Cleveland has undergone the same change. In both cases 

 the derivation is from the Quarries worked there." Surtees. 

 Perhaps where querns or handmills were obtained. There is 

 "Whorlton west of IS'ewcastle. 



"Winston — anciently Wynston or Wynstone. Perhaps from 

 Whinstone or basalt. 



TuTTA Beck. 



Dr. "Whitaker, a good guide, says that Tutta comes from the 

 Suio-Goth. tuta, and means ' the sounding water.' The quota- 

 tion is correct, for we find in Ihre, " Tuta sonare, clangere, 

 tuta-i horn, tuba vel cornu sonitum edere; also Tjuta ululare, 

 Isl. theita. A.-S. thutan ululare, theotend ululans ; Isl. tauta id., 

 thytr ululatus. Grer. duden, unde dudhorn, cornu sonorum, 

 dudelsach, uter sonorus (bagpipe). Chald. toito, cornu et sonitus 

 cornu." 



"A.-S. thutan, theotan, to howl; theote, a cataract, waterfall, 

 aqueduct, conduit." Bosworth. These words in a Scandinavian 

 mouth would be tutan, teotan, and teote, and therefore to howl 

 like wolves or other animals, to tout, or to blow with a horn, or 

 give out the sound of a waterfall. 



" Tuta, toot hill. Hone maintains that toot or tot preserves 

 the memory of the Celtic deity Taute ; Mercury, and many of 

 the instances, upwards of 60 that he has collected, appear to 

 have no connection with our Lincolnshire Toot-hills, 



