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.

Widland

Other OS name in the Parish of Modbury

Historical Forms

  • Wydialond 1330 SR

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Wydialond 1330SR (p) . The ME  form favours withy rather than wide as the first element .