English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Abbey Mills

Other OS name in the Parish of West Ham

Historical Forms

  • Wiggemulne 1312 Abbr
  • lez Abbey Milles t.Hy8 MinAcct
  • Vigemill 1552 Monoux
  • Wiggen Mill otherwise The Abbey Mill 1607 Depositions

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Wiggemulne 1312 Abbr, lez Abbey Milles t. Hy 8MinAcct , Vigemill 1552Monoux , Wiggen Mill otherwise The Abbey Mill 1607Depositions . Perhaps ' Wicga 's mill , ' but later re - named from Stratford Langthorne Abbey .