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.

pastura … Biwestewike

Field in the Parish of Wyke Regis

Historical Forms

pastura … Biwestewike 1322 MinAcct

pastura … Bywestwyk 1324 MinAcct

Etymology

pastura …Biwestewike 1322, pastura …Bywestwyk 1324('to thewest of Wyke', v. bī, westan, Wyke R. supra)

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Wyke Regis