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.

Wooden Beck Hill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Walkeringham

Historical Forms

  • Wottonbeke, le Wotton bekk t.Hy6 Newstead
  • Wooden Beck 1806 EnclA

Etymology

Wooden Beck Hill (6″) is Wottonbeke , le Wotton bekk t. Hy 6Newstead , Wooden Beck 1806EnclA . Apparently 'the beck or stream (v. bekkr ) by some lost place Wotton (farm by the wood).'