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.

Wicker Street

Other OS name in the Parish of Crosby Ravensworth

Etymology

, 1859OS , cf. Wykersbec 13 MdMb 280 , Wickerslack (supra ) , but the names may not be connected ; the ' street ' ( v. strǣt ) is the Roman road ( Road II , i , 19 supra ) .