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.

Widney Manor

Early-attested site in the Parish of Solihull

Historical Forms

  • Wyteney 1275 Ass
  • Wytenhay 1300 ib
  • Wyttney 1498 KnowleG
  • Wydenay 1285 Ch
  • Wydenhay 1296 Ass 1341 ADiii 1374 FF 1492 Ipm
  • Withenhai, Wydenehay c.1300 Dugd669
  • Wydney 1540 LP 1547 Pat
  • Widdeney 1591 LRMB
  • Widnei ende 1599 ParReg
  • Widenay 1656 Dugdale
  • Wodenhay 1412 AD

Etymology

Probably 'willow enclosure,' a compound of OE  wiðegn , 'willow,' and (ge)hæg.