Pickwick
Early-attested site in the Parish of Corsham
Historical Forms
- Pykewyk(e) 1268,1289 Ass 1327 SR 1333 ADiv 1375 Trop
- Pycwyk 1279,1281 Ass
- Pickweeke 1686 Rental
Etymology
Pickwick is Pykewyk (e )1268, 1289Ass , 1327SR (p), 1333 AD iv, 1375 Trop, Pycwyk 1279, 1281Ass , Pickweeke 1686Rental .The name seems to be a compound of OE pic , 'sharp point,' etc., and wic, 'dairy farm.' Upper Pickwick stands on a well-marked spur of land. Cf. Picton and Pickle Wood (NCPNW 42).
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Other OS name
- Avill's Fm
- Bean Close
- Beckhill Cottages
- Chapel Knapp
- The Cleeve
- Copenacre
- Coppershell
- Corsham Side
- Easton
- Elley Green
- Folly Fm
- Greenhill
- Guyer's Cottages
- Holywell Fm
- Hudswell
- Knowl Fm
- The Linleys
- Meadlands
- Moor Barton
- Green
- Mynte Lodge
- Overmoor
- Park Fm
- Patterdown
- Pond Close Fm
- Pound Mead
- Pound Pill
- Prestley Wood
- Purleigh Barn
- Ridge
- Sandpits Fm
- Silver Street
- Smith's Mead
- Vauxhall Fm
- Velley