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.

Wild Ho

Early-attested site in the Parish of Syresham

Historical Forms

  • Wapenham Weld 1550 Ct
  • Wapenham Wilde 1651 Lumley

Etymology

Wild Ho is (in ) waldis de Wappenham c. 1220, Wapenham Wold 1287 For, Wapenham Weld 1550Ct , Wapenham Wilde 1651Lumley , v. weald . Cf. Wild Fm in Aldenham (Herts), Waldo 1199FF (p), ate Welde 1294SR (p), the Weilde 1636 ParReg, and Introd. xxxi.