Warwick
Major Settlement in the Parish of Warwick
Historical Forms
- Warthwic 1131 Weth c.1255 et freq
- Warthewic c.1155 Weth c.1200 Pat 1413
- Wardewyk 1225 ClR
- Wardwyk 1260 FF 1279 Ass
- Wardwick 1260 FF
- Wardwyk(e) t.Hy3 Ipm 1278 Ass 1279 ib
- Wardwyck, Wraudwyk, Waudwrik ib.
- Werthewyk 1333 Pat
- Warwick(e) c.1255 Weth 1530 MinAcct
- Werewik 1258 Pat
- Warwyke 1271 StB 1509 LP
- Warewyk' 1292 Ass
- Warrewyk' 1335 ib
Etymology
This is probably a compound of OE waroð , 'bank, shore', and wīc, hence 'dwelling on the bank,' as suggested by Ekwall in DEPN. For ME warthe , warde in place-names, v. Ward (PN D 82, 120, PN Sr xiii, PN Ess lvi).