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.

Ray Wick

Other OS name in the Parish of Southminster

Historical Forms

  • (le) Ray(e) 1539 EAS(OS)v 1540

Etymology

is (le ) Ray (e )1539 EAS (OS) v, 1540MinAcct , LP . v. Ray Island infra 321 .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement