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.

Wickerthwaite

Early-attested site in the Parish of Trough

Historical Forms

Wygarthetwayt 1275 Ipm

Wickerwhait 1696 Netherby

Etymology

Either 'Wygar 's þveit' (ME), or 'Vígarr 's þveit' (ON).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Luckens

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Trough