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.

Weekley Hall Wood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Weekley

Historical Forms

  • Wikelehawe 1332,1337 Ass 1345 Ipm

Etymology

Weekley Hall Wood is Wikelehawe 1332, 1337Ass , 1345 Ipm.v. haga . The modern form is corrupt. (Cf. Priors Hall infra 174.) haga normally denotes an enclosure, but its modern descendant haw is, according to EDD, used of a small wood or coppice.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement

Early-attested site