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.

Honeywick Wood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Chiddingly

Historical Forms

  • Honywyke 1580 SRS3,119
  • Honewyk(e), Hunewyk 1285 CplM 1296,1327 SR

Etymology

Honeywick Wood (6″) is Honywyke 1580 SRS 3, 119 and here lived Walter de Honewyk (e ), Hunewyk 1285CplM , 1296, 1327 SR. 'Honey farm,' v. hunig , wic .