Wick Episcopi
Early-attested site in the Parish of St Johns in Bedwardine
Historical Forms
- Wican c.760 BCS219 11th
- æt Wican c.970 BCS1139 11th
- Wiche 1086 DB
- Wike c.1086 EveA 1190
- Bisshopewike 1221 FF
- Wyke Episcopi juxta Wigorn 1350 BM
Etymology
The first form is really the dat. pl. of wic and suggests that already there were two wicks, the later Upper and Lower Wick. The land was granted to the Bishopric of Worcester in the 8th cent.