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.

Wrongland

Field in the Parish of Repps with Bastwick

Historical Forms

  • Wrongland 1466 Field
  • Wronglond 1572 Field

Etymology

Wrongland 1466, Wronglond 1572(v. wrang, vrangr'crooked ortwisted in shape', land)