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.

Wispyate

Field in the Parish of Withcote

Historical Forms

Wispyate 1566 AAS

Etymology

Wispyate 1566 (v. gata; the road leading to The Wisp (OE wisp' brushwood') beyond the county boundary in Rutland, v. Ru 74)

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Sauvey Castle

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Withcote