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.

Stickwick

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bovey Tracy

Historical Forms

  • Stekeweke 1524 SR
  • Stikeweeke 1596 DCoNQ10,1

Etymology

The forms are late but it may be that the first element is OE  sticca , 'stick,' hence 'stick farm,' v. wic , though the exact sense must remain obscure. Cf. Stick Park in Winkleigh.Unfortunately we have no early forms for it.