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.

Wyfold Court, Wyfold Grange

Early-attested site in the Parish of Checkendon

Historical Forms

  • Wifaldam 1152–3 Thame
  • Wilfalda 1194,1202 P
  • Wiffhalda 1196 P
  • Wyville Court 1822 O.S.

Etymology

There is a lost Wyfold in Berks, apparently identical with the O name. v. Anderson 210–11. v. Addenda lii.