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.

Whiligh

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ticehurst

Historical Forms

  • wiglege 1018 O.S.
  • Wylegh(e) 1279 Ass 1333 FF
  • Willegh 1366 BM

Etymology

Whiligh is (to) wiglege 1018 O.S. Facs iii. 39, Wylegh (e )1279Ass (p), 1333 FF (p), Willegh 1366 BM. For the history of this name v. Whyly supra 401.