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 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Aveton Giffard