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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.

Widmead Lock

Early-attested site in the Parish of Thatcham

Historical Forms

  • Widemede 1225–6 FF 13th ReadingC(2)
  • La Wydemede 1307 Ipm
  • Wydemedesdrove 1336 RecOffCat
  • Wydmed 1340 ib
  • Wydemede 1547 LRMB

Etymology

Widmead Lock, Widemede 1225–6FF , 13thReadingC (2 ), La Wydemede 1307 Ipm, Wydemedesdrove 1336RecOffCat , Wydmed 1340ib , Wydemede 1547LRMB , 'wide meadow' v. wīd , mǣd . The form from 1336 has drove 'way along which cattle are driven', added.The same name occurs in Sulhamstead (185).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement