Wigsley
Major Settlement in the Parish of Wigsley
Historical Forms
- Wigesleie 1086 DB
- Wigesle 1257 Ch
- Vigesley 1265 Misc
- Wygesleye 1316 FA 1335 Ass
- Wighesleie 1319 Dugdvi
- Wigeslay 1330 Ass
- Wiggesle(ye) 1154–69 Ch 1327 RegAntiq c.1160 BM c.1255
- Wiggeleg' 1232 FF
- Wiggeley c.1255 BM
- Wyggesley(e) 1280,1330,1335 Ass 1302,1428 FA 1306 Ipm 1332 SR
- Wyggislay 1340 Ass
Etymology
'Wicg 's wood' or 'clearing,' v. leah , *Wicg being the unrecorded strong form of the well-established Wicga .
Places in the same Parish
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