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.

Great Wigborough and Little Wigborough

Major Settlement in the Parish of Great and Little Wigborough

Historical Forms

  • Wicghebergā 1086 DB
  • Wigheberga(m), Wighebergā 1086 DB
  • Wig(h)eberg(h)e, Wyg(h)eberg(h)e 1206 1238 SR 1314–47 Ipm
  • Wig(g)berg(a), Wyg(g)berg(a) 1187,1190 P 1233 FF
  • Wyggeber(e)we 1235–40 FF 1322 Ipm 1303–46 FA
  • Wyg(g)berg(a) juxta Saldecote 1420 FA
  • Little Wyg(g)bar(r)owe 1433 Pat
  • Wigberwe juxta Saltecote 1372 IpmR
  • Wigbarowe 1535 VE
  • Wiggeberig', -y-, Wyggeberig', Wyggeberegh', Wyggeberwe 1248 Ass
  • Wyggeburg' 1254 Ass
  • Wegeberwe 1428 FA
  • Vygeberh 1252 Ipm
  • Wyborwe 1428 FA
  • Wigbarowght 1558 FF
  • Wykeberue 1255 Ass
  • Wykeberwe Magna a.1272 Colch
  • Wykeberwe Parva 1428 FA
  • Wykeberg(h) 1314 Ipm
  • Wikebergh 1317 ib

Etymology

'Hill of Wicga ,' v. beorg .

Places in the same Parish

None