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.

Wick by Pershore

Major Settlement in the Parish of Wick by Pershore

Historical Forms

  • Wiche 1086 DB
  • Wicha Inardi c.1150 Surv
  • la Wike 1261 Ipm
  • Wyke 1275 SR
  • Wyke Burnell (1366 IpmR)

Etymology

v. wic . For the Inardus cf. Innerstone and Insoll supra 157 and infra 241. It included manors known as Wyke Waryn or Warren , the Warin family having been holders here already in 1275 (SR) and Wyke Burnell (1366 IpmR), this manor having been sold to Bishop Robert Burnell in 1281 (VCH iv. 169).

Places in the same Parish

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