Blockhouse Wick
Other OS name in the Parish of St Osyth
Historical Forms
- Block House Wick 1777 C
- Westwyke cum Howyke 1539 LP
Etymology
is Block House Wick 1777 C and is named from a defence - work erected in 1543 (VCH ii, 270) . An earlier name may have been Westwyke cum Howyke 1539 LP .