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.

Wiganthorpe

Early-attested site in the Parish of Terrington

Historical Forms

  • Wichingastorp 1086 DB
  • Wyggenthorpe 1275 YI
  • Wyginthorpe 1284,1288 YI
  • Wygenthorp 1316 Vill
  • Wykenthorp 1304 Ch
  • Wigingthorp(e), Wygyngthorp(e) 1497 Test 1530 Visit
  • Wiginthroppe 1316 KF Eliz

Etymology

'Viking's village' v. þorp and Wigginton 14supra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement