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 Wilderness

Other OS name in the Parish of Abenhall

Historical Forms

  • Wyldernes 1581 Ipm 1636 Will
  • Wildernes grove 1627 Inq

Etymology

, 1830 M , Wyldernes 1581Ipm, 1636 Will, Wildernes grove 1627 Inq .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement