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.

Wick

Early-attested site in the Parish of Binsey

Historical Forms

  • the Wyke c.1165,1266(bothc.1450) Godstow
  • Wyka 13th Os
  • la Wyck, la Wick 1313–14 Os

Etymology

Wick (lost) is the Wyke c. 1165, 1266 (both c. 1450) Godstow, Wyka 13th Os, la Wyck , la Wick 1313–14 Os. Cf. Salter Os vi, 181, “Wick must have been a collection of cottages at the south end of Medley.”v. wīc .

Places in the same Parish