Wyken
Major Settlement in the Parish of Wyken
Historical Forms
- (la) Wycha 12th Combe
- la Wicha 1175to1190 P
- (la) Wyke 1232 Ass 1305 Pat
- Wick 1144 Ch 1348
- Wyken 1249 Ch 1547 Monast
- Wykyn 1299 Ass 1416 ADiii
- Wykne 1309 FF
- Wykene 1327 SR 1372 Cl 1451 Ch
- la Wiken 1362 BPR
Etymology
'Dairy farm,' v. wic . The later forms go back to the OE dat. pi. (æt þæm ) wicum . Cf. Wicken (PN Nth 108), Wykin (Lei), Wich p. 1186, Wiken c. 1200 Dane, and Wicken (PN C 75) with the same history.