Wickham
Early-attested site in the Parish of Welford
Historical Forms
- Wicham 821 BCS366 c.1200
- Wikeham 1550 LRMB
Etymology
Wickham, Wicham 821 (c. 1200) BCS 366 (a spurious charter), 1167 Pet freq with variant spellings Wickham , Wycham ; Wikeham 1550LRMB . v. Wickham Bushes 24. No actual Roman buildings appear to be on record here, but the 6″ map marks 'Roman Coins found' and 'Roman Pottery and Coins found' on either side of the Roman road, very close to Wickham, v. also Medieval Archaeology xi (1967), p. 89. Capell de Wykeham , Capell ' de Wickham and Wykehamhill are mentioned 1550LRMB .
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Other OS name
- Alder's Copse
- Barn Copse
- Baydon Rd
- Benham Burslot
- Benham Border, Benham Grange, Benham Fm
- Blindman's Border
- Board Lane
- Breach Barn
- Buck's Copse
- Easton Copse
- Elton Lane, Elton Wd
- Field's Copse
- Five Bells P.H.
- Francis Copse
- Glebe Fm
- Grey's Copse
- The Grove, Grove Border
- Halfway, Halfway Fm, Halfway P.H.
- Harrod's Barn, Harrod's Border
- Hell Pit
- Highwood Copse
- Hoe Benham, Hoe Benham Lane
- Home Fm
- King's Barn
- Mantclose Barn, Mantclose Copse
- Milton Lodge
- New Barn
- Newground Border
- Ninnock's Border
- Paine's Copse
- Pound's Border
- Queen's Plantation
- Red Ho
- The Rookery
- Royal Ground Border
- Rubbish Border
- Ryelands Border
- Scroggin's Copse
- Shirley's Copse
- Showells
- Sole Border, Sole Common, Sole Plantation
- South Barn
- Stogdale Copse
- Stony Croft
- Tithe Barn
- Tullock Fm, Tullock Border, Tullock Bottom
- Wadling's Border
- Welford Fm
- Welford Park
- Welford Wds
- Weston Fm, Weston Mill
- Wickham Green, Wickhamgreen Fm
- The Wilderness
- Woodlands Barn