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.

Week

Early-attested site in the Parish of Peters Marland

Historical Forms

  • Wica 1086 DB(Exon)
  • Wiche
  • Wyke 1275 RH 1330 SR

Etymology

Week is

Wica 1086 DB (Exon), Wiche (Exch), Wyke 1275 RH, 1330SR (p), v. wic . Probably the dairy farm of the parish.

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Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement