Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Wilges 1086 DB

• Wiliges Hy1 Nichols

• Wileges c.1130 LeicSurv

• Willeges 1201 ChR

• Wilewes c.1130 LeicSurv 1375 Inqaqd

• Wylewes 1285,1343 Banco 1365 Coram

• Wilwes 1338 Banco

• Wyllwys c.1347 Nichols

• Wilwys 1422 AD

• Wiléés (sic) 1166 LN

• Wileis 1166 RBE

• Wylus 1243 Fees

• Wylhowe 1276 RH

• Wylhous 1428 FA

• Willous 1517 DI

• Wilughes 1316 FA

• Wylughis 1327 SR

• Wylughes 1332 1375 IpmR

• Wilughis 1445 Nichols

• Wyloughes 1403 AD 15 Ferrers

• Wilghes called also Willoughes 1622 Burton

• Willoughes 1846,1863,1877 White

• Weloughes 1447 Ferrers

• Welughes 1447 ib

• Wellowys 1539 MinAccts

• Wilowes 1390 Nichols

• Wylowes 1397,1402,1404 Ct

• Willowes 1397 Misc 1403 Cl 1492 Fisher 1580 1619 Fine

• Wyllowes 1540,1547,1551,1560 Ct

• Wilowys 1424 AD

• Willows 1513 Ferrers

Etymology

'The willows', v. wilig (wiligas nom.pl.). By 1846 White, the name of the settlement survived as that of an estate in Ragdale. The original village lay between Ragdale and Hoby.