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.

Wickford

Major Settlement in the Parish of Wickford

Historical Forms

  • (æt) Wicforda c.975 ASWills 11th
  • Wicfort 1086 DB
  • Wicford, Wycford 1194 CurR 1303 FA
  • Wich(e)ford' 1180–7 P 1219 Fees 1226 ChR
  • Wik(e)ford(e), Wyk(e)ford(e) 1194 CurR 1330 Londin
  • Wyckeford 1248 Ass
  • Wiecford' 1194 CurR
  • Wekford 1431–42 ECP
  • Wyg(g)(e)ford(e) 1232 Cl 1235 Ass 1564 FF
  • Wiggeford 1233 Cl
  • Wigford 1713 Deed

Etymology

'Ford by the wic,' v. ford .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name