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.

Wiggaton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ottery St Mary

Historical Forms

  • Wigaton 1281 Ass
  • Wygeton 1289 Ass
  • Wyggeton 1333 SR
  • Wigeton 1382 Oliver
  • wicgincland 1061 Ottery 1227

Etymology

'Wicga 's farm and land,' tun, ing .