English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Westwick

Major Settlement in the Parish of Westwick

Historical Forms

  • Westuuiche 1086 DB, InqEl
  • Westwich' 1196 P 1199 CurR 1201 P
  • Westwyche 1279 RH
  • Westuuica, uuestuuic 1086 InqEl
  • Westwic(a) 1130,1197 P 1199–1201 Cur 1227 FF
  • Westwik(e), Westwyk(e) 1218 SR 1428 FA
  • Westwyk juxta Hokyngton 1493 EAx
  • Westwyck 1272 Ass
  • Westewyke 1393 Cl
  • Wessewyk 1472 Pembroke

Etymology

'West dairy-farm,' v. wīc .

Places in the same Parish

None