Wiggold
Early-attested site in the Parish of Ampney Crucis
Historical Forms
- Wiggewald, Wyggewald 1109 Monast
- Wyggewaud 13 CirenD3
- Wyggewold(e) 1287 Ass 1327 SR 1343 Orig 1549 FF
- Wigewald', Wygewald' 1220 Fees
- Wygewad 1236 FF
- Wygewaud 1248 Ass
- Wygewold(e) 1285 FA 1337 Ch 1374 Ipm
- Wykewald 1231 FF
- Wykefrod (sic) 1291 Tax
- Wigolde 1587,1609 FF
- Wygall 1669 Talbot
- Wighill 1777 M
Etymology
'Wicga's piece of high open land', from the OE pers.n. Wicga (which is found also in Witpit in Preston 81infra ) and OE wald 'lofty woodland', but probably, as seems often the case in the Cotswolds, in the somewhat later sense of 'lofty open country' (cf. EPN ii, 240).Wiggold was formerly a detached part of Cirencester.