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.

Waddle's Wish

Early-attested site in the Parish of Battle

Historical Forms

  • Watteliswysshe 1500 Battle

Etymology

Waddle's Wish (6″) is Watteliswysshe 1500 Battle 130, with the same pers. name (probably from the same man) as in Whatlington infra , v. wisc .