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.

Wedgnock Park

Early-attested site in the Parish of Warwick St Mary

Historical Forms

  • Wengenhoc 1262 Ass
  • Wegenhoke 1267,1298,1316 Ipm 1306 Ass 1397 IpmR 1481 MinAcct
  • Wegenhoc 1307 Ass
  • Wegenoke, Wegenoc 1315 Ipm
  • Weggenok 1397 IpmR 1446 Pat
  • parcum de Weggenok 1397 Warwick
  • Weggenock 1537 Rental
  • Wedg(e)nok(e) 1547 Monast 1656 Dugdale
  • Wegenokwarrewyk, Wegenokhastang 1366 Pat

Etymology

The forms are late and no satisfactory explanation of this name can be offered.