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.

Westwick

Major Settlement in the Parish of Ripon

Historical Forms

  • on Westwic c.1030 YCh7
  • Westu(u)ic 1086 DB
  • Westwic(k), Westwik, Westwyk 1165 P 1226,1240 FF 1290 YI 1524 YDx
  • Westewike, Westewyke 1269 Linds 1297 LS

Etymology

'West dairy-farm', v. west , wīc . 'West' in relation to Eastwick (153 supra ) on the other side of the R. Ure.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site