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.

Wydershaghe

Field in the Parish of Stokesby with Herringby

Historical Forms

  • Wydershaghe 1451 Phillipps

Etymology

Wydershaghe 1451 Phillipps(v. ON  víðir'willow', Reaney s.n. Wither, and hagaor sceaga).