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.

Westbury Wild

Early-attested site in the Parish of Westbury

Historical Forms

  • le Welde c.1290 WestbDeeds 1300 1317 ib
  • le Wolde c.1290 WestbDeeds 1291 ib

Etymology

v. weald . There is still a wood here. For the fluctuating forms v. Introd. xxiii.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement