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.

Wickridge Hill, Wick Street

Other OS name in the Parish of Painswick

Historical Forms

  • Wykeryge 1540 FF
  • Wickstreete 1611 FF

Etymology

( Wykeryge 1540FF ) ( Wickstreete 1611FF ) , named from the older form of Painswick , v. hrycg , strǣt ( the road from Painswick to Stroud below Wickridge Hill ) .