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.

Carlton Wildcar

Early-attested site in the Parish of North Carlton

Historical Forms

  • Wyldeker 1238–45 RAii
  • Carleton' Wildeker 1242–3 Fees
  • de Wildek' c1250 Barl Ed1
  • Carlton' Wyltekyr m13 Barl Ed1
  • Carleton Wildeter 1279 Barl
  • Carlton Wyldeker 1285 Barl
  • Carleton Wideker 1290,1291 Pat
  • Carleton Wildekere 1316 Ch
  • Carleton Wyldeker 1316 FA
  • Carlton Wylcker 1327 SR
  • Carlton' Wildeker 1329 Ass 1345,1351 Barl
  • Carleton Wildker 1332 SR
  • Carleton Wildykere Ed3 NI
  • Carleton Wildeker 1346 Ch 1348 Pat 1354 Ipm
  • Carleton Wilker 1354 Works

Etymology

Wildeker , Wyldeker etc. is apparently a manorial affix deriving from the surname of a family of local landowners. An inspeximus of 1292 (RA ii, 249–50) deals with tithes issuing from the manor and lands of the late Walter de Wildeker in (North) Carlton.