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.

Terrick

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ellesborough

Historical Forms

  • Tirrock 1533 LP
  • Terwick 1766 J 1826 B
  • Turwick c.1825 O

Etymology

This is clearly a wic but beyond that we can hardly go.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement

Early-attested site