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.

Wizaller

Early-attested site in the Parish of Aveton Giffard

Historical Forms

  • Wierdesalre 1296 ADvi
  • Wyardesallre 1305 Ass
  • Werdesallere 1310 Exon
  • Wyddesallar 1538–44 ECP8,263
  • Wisaller 1744 FF

Etymology

'Wīgheard 's alder,' v. alor .

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