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.

The Wiggs

Other OS name in the Parish of Melbourne

Historical Forms

  • le Wiggeʒ, Wegges 1482 MinAcct
  • the Wiggs 1589 Lanc

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) , le Wiggeʒ , Wegges 1482MinAcct , the Wiggs 1589 Lanc , perhaps from ON  veggr ' wall, boulder ' .