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.

Northwick

Early-attested site in the Parish of Redwick and Northwick

Historical Forms

  • to norþwican 955–9 BCS936 12th
  • Northwyz 1250 GlR
  • Northwik(e), Northwyk(e), Northwick(e) 1284 Episc 1296 Ipm 1458 FF 1707 PR
  • Northweke 1547 FF
  • Norwico 1306 Ass
  • Northyck 1580 FF

Etymology

'North dairy-farm', v. norð , wīc . It is north of Redwick (supra ).