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.

Wigsley

Major Settlement in the Parish of Wigsley

Historical Forms

  • Wigesleie 1086 DB
  • Wigesle 1257 Ch
  • Vigesley 1265 Misc
  • Wygesleye 1316 FA 1335 Ass
  • Wighesleie 1319 Dugdvi
  • Wigeslay 1330 Ass
  • Wiggesle(ye) 1154–69 Ch 1327 RegAntiq c.1160 BM c.1255
  • Wiggeleg' 1232 FF
  • Wiggeley c.1255 BM
  • Wyggesley(e) 1280,1330,1335 Ass 1302,1428 FA 1306 Ipm 1332 SR
  • Wyggislay 1340 Ass

Etymology

'Wicg 's wood' or 'clearing,' v. leah , *Wicg being the unrecorded strong form of the well-established Wicga .

Places in the same Parish

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