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.

Avon Wick

Early-attested site in the Parish of North Huish

Etymology

Avon Wick is on the Avon but the name is modern and was coined c. 1878. The spot was earlier called Newhouse (ex inf. Mr J. J. Alexander).