Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—W

Wiltshire

(2 syl.) is Wilton-shire, Wilton being a contraction of Wily-town (the town on the river Wily).

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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