Dictionary of Family Names

Origin of the Surname WETHERSPOON, WITHERSPOON, WODDERSPOON.

WETHERSPOON, WITHERSPOON, WODDERSPOON. A grazing-place in the spur of a mountain or hill; weider, Dutch or Saxon, a herdsman, weideri, a place of fattening cattle, and span, to unite, bend, extend.

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