In 1086, according to ‘The Domesday Book’, ‘Walintune’ was a village near the ford over the Mersey at Latchford and Howley.

‘Walintune’ : Three old English words — ‘Wal’ refers to Britons and serfs; ‘lin’ refers to well-watered areas; ‘tune’ refers to farmstead or estate.

//The Domesday Book was written by the order of William the Conqueror, after the Norman Invasion. It is Britain’s earliest public record, the ‘Great Survey’ of much of England and parts of Wales.

//serfs : an agricultural labourer/ peasant, working on their lord’s estate or farmland, under the feudal system

Some theories stated that ‘Waer’ was the name of a local chieftain. This could indicate the Waer’s or Waerstun’s settlement. Some suggested that ‘Waering’ refers to weir or dam; Waeringtun means the weirs’ settlement by the river. Some mentioned that in the Viking/Northmen time, ‘Vorringtun’ refers to a place to moor boats, showing the settlement of Viking raiders.

Gradually, as the name goes, Walintune has become Warrington _(光榮頓).