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.

Cerney Wick

Early-attested site in the Parish of South Cerney

Historical Forms

  • Cernewike 1220 FF
  • Cerneywyke, Cerneywike 1398 Berk 1402 FF
  • Cerneyweek(e) 1628 FF 1640 Inq
  • la Wyke de Cerney 1240,1248 FF
  • Wyk 1327 SR
  • Cerneyeswike 1417 Berk
  • Cerneyswyke 1439 IpmR

Etymology

'Outlying farmstead belonging to Cerney', v. wīc and cf. The Wick (51supra ); it is on the eastern boundary of the parish.