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Survey of English Place-Names

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Wiglow

Other OS name in the Parish of Messingham

Historical Forms

  • Wyggel howe dale 1577–80 ib
  • wiggle howe 1583 MiscDon
  • Wigglehowe 1595 Hall
  • Wigglehow 1634,1634 Terrier

Etymology

( local ) , 1686Terrier , Wyggel howe dale 1577–80ib , wiggle howe 1583MiscDon 344 , Wigglehowe 1595 Hall, Wigglehow 1634, 1634Terrier , v. haugr ; Dr Insley suggests that the first el . might be the ON  pers.n.Vígúlfr , though the forms are too late for any certainty .