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.

Worlick

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ramsey

Historical Forms

  • Wiluuerihc al. Wyltherik 1242 BM
  • Wolrewok c.1280 Rams c.1350
  • Wyrlewyk 1287 Ct
  • Wurlewyk 1382 BM
  • Worlyche 1536 FF

Etymology

The early forms of this name are too late, corrupt and divergent for interpretation. v. wic . v. Addenda.