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.

Wyke Green

Early-attested site in the Parish of Axminster

Historical Forms

  • Wicca 1086 DB(Exon)
  • Wiche
  • Wyk' 1242 Fees788
  • la Wyke 1249 Ass

Etymology

v. wic . For the modern form, v. Introd. xxxiv.