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.

Longwick

Early-attested site in the Parish of Monks and Princes Risborough

Historical Forms

  • Long Wyke 1320 Cl
  • Longewyke 1485 Ipm

Etymology

v. wic . The hamlet, of which the dairy farm must have formed the nucleus, is long and straggling.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement