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.

Maidenhead Thicket

Early-attested site in the Parish of Maidenhead

Historical Forms

  • boscus de Thicket de Cokham 1284 Ass
  • Le Thikket by Maydenhithe 1370 Pat
  • le thickett in parochia de Cookham, le Thicket 1606 SpecCom
  • Maidenhead Thickett 1661–2 ib

Etymology

Maidenhead Thicket, boscus de Thicket de Cokham 1284Ass , Le Thikket by Maydenhithe 1370 Pat, le thickett in parochia de Cookham , le Thicket 1606SpecCom , Maidenhead Thickett 1661–2ib , cf. also boscus q. v. Chiker 1275–6 RH (this is in Cookham Hundred). OE  þiccett 'thicket'. Cf. Leckhampstead Thicket 254.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement