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Survey of English Place-Names

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Wick Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Speen

Historical Forms

  • Le Wyk(e)woode 1547 LRMB
  • Weeke Woode 1591 DL
  • Wikemede, Wykemede 1340 RentSur
  • Wycroft

Etymology

, Le Wyk (e )woode 1547LRMB , Weeke Woode 1591DL . There was also a Wikemede , Wykemede 1340RentSur , Johnatte Wyke being mentioned in this reference, and Wycroft n.d. AD , Adam de Wika being mentioned . There was probably a lost place called Wick , v. wīc , wudu , mǣd , croft .