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.

Wickham Bishops

Major Settlement in the Parish of Wickham Bishops

Historical Forms

Wycham Ep(iscop)i 1291 For

Wykham Bishops 1313 FF

Etymology

so called because belonging to the Bishop of London.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name