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.

Lower Wick & Upper Wick

Early-attested site in the Parish of Alkington

Historical Forms

  • Wica 1130 P
  • Wicha l.12 Berk
  • Wik(e), Wyk(e) 1248 Ass 1287 QW 1370 FF 1645 PR
  • Wyk(e) iuxta Berkeley, Wyk(e) in Berkeley 1411 Ass 1529–32 ECP
  • Over Wyk(e), Nether Wyk(e) 1544 LP
  • Weke 1512 Ch
  • Wick(e) 1575 TRMB 1610 Rec

Etymology

v. wīc 'dairy farm, outlying farmstead'.