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.

The Wilderness

Other OS name in the Parish of Bloxworth

Historical Forms

  • The Widerness (sic) 1845 TA

Etymology

, The Widerness (sic)1845TA ( a wood ) .