Wiggonlee Fm
Early-attested site in the Parish of Alderwasley
Historical Forms
- Wyggeleg' 1255 Ipm
- Wiggeley 1372 DuLa
- Wygleyclyf 1385 ib
- Wygleycliff 1415 DuLaMB
- Wegenl(e)y Greene 1636 DuLaSC
Etymology
Wiggonlee Fm, Wyggeleg '1255 Ipm, Wiggeley 1372DuLa , Wygleyclyf 1385 ib, Wygleycliff 1415DuLaMB , Wegenl (e )y Greene 1636DuLaSC .Apparently 'Wicga's clearing', v. lēah ; cf. Wigley supra 222 and for the same pers.n. Wigwell Grange supra 415, situated some two miles north-west.
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- The Bent
- Coppice Wood
- Dairy Wood
- Gorses
- Higg Lane
- Hitchen Holes
- Knaves Cross
- Knob Fm
- Lambert's Cottage
- Lawn Fm
- Littlehays
- Long Wood
- Notonsteer
- Packhorse
- Peat Pits
- Pickard's Baulk
- Round Wood
- Sandy Ford
- Shed Ho
- Lower Slades, Upper Slades
- Alderwasley Hall
- Alderwasley Mill
- Alderwasley Park
- Chapel Hill
- Spencer Barn
- Street's Rough
- Walker Wood
- Watergate Fm
- Whitewells
- Yewtree Wood