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.

Wickham St Paul's

Major Settlement in the Parish of Wickham St Paul's

Historical Forms

  • Wic(h)am 1086 DB
  • Wyk(h)am Sancti Pauli 1254 Ass 1428 FA
  • Little Wykham 1262 FF
  • Canouns Wykham 1322 Pat
  • Wikehampaule 1535 VE
  • Wykkam Pawley 1545 LP
  • Wickam St Paul alias Wickam Pole 1558 FF
  • Wickham poole 1607 Kip

Etymology

St Paul 's and Canouns because belonging to St Paul's Cathedral, London. For the etymology v. Wickham Bishops supra 313.

Places in the same Parish