Īn ancient track, part of the pre-historic Icknield Way linking Oxford with Cambridge, once passed through the village. The Anglo-Saxon origin of All Saints' parish church makes it one of the oldest churches in England. Wing has the oldest continuously used religious site in the country, with evidence showing the site has had religious use going back well over 1300 years. The BBC programme Meet the Ancestors came to Wing in 2000 and recreated the face of an Anglo-Saxon girl found buried in the old graveyard. The remains of the temple referred to may be under the Anglo-Saxon Church of England parish church of All Saints. The first syllables of the names of the nearby village of Wingrave and the nearby hamlet of Wingbury have the same etymology. "The dwellers at, or devotees of, a heathen temple.".The name occurs in Old English circa 966–975 as Weowungum ( dative plural case). The Domesday Book of 1086 records the toponym as Witehunge.
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