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.

Weekley

Major Settlement in the Parish of Weekley

Historical Forms

  • wiclea, to wiclea, to wiclea forde 956 BCS943 c.1250
  • Wiclei 1086 DB 1382 Cl
  • Wichelai 1166 P
  • Wikelea 1172 P 1526 SR
  • Wichchelea 1175 P
  • Wicklea 1194 P
  • Wickly 1655 StJ
  • Wekelee 1395 Cl

Etymology

'Clearing or wood by the wic,' v. wic , leah .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site