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.

Oxwick

Early-attested site in the Parish of Codicote

Historical Forms

  • Oxewiche (sic) 1086 DB
  • Oxwycam 11th StAlbansN
  • Oxwikefeld t.Ed1 Stowe

Etymology

Oxwick (lost) is Oxewiche (sic)1086 DB, Oxwycam 11thStAlbansN , Oxwikefeld t. Ed 1Stowe . 'Ox farm,' v. wic . This is a lost DB and St Albans manor in Codicote.