Meaning: enclosure of Waecel’s (Wacol’s) people .

Several Georgian houses still stand in Watlington, and the settlement is situated at the foot of the Chiltern escarpment. The market hall dates from 1664. Watlington Hill is a splendid 800 ft viewpoint lying 1.5 miles to the south-east and the modernized and moated 14th century house of Shirburn Castle stands 1 mile to the north-east .