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.

Wigford

Early-attested site in the Parish of Loddiswell

Historical Forms

Wigewrth 1249 Ass

Wykewurthy 1262 Ch

Wygeworth' 1310 Ass

Wygheworthi 1330 SR

Wyggeworthi 1333 SR

Wigford al. Wigworthy 1714 Recov

Etymology

'Wicga 's worþig.'

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Loddiswell