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.
Survey of English place-names
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Wicken Wood
Wicken Wood
Other OS name in the Parish of Wicken
Historical Forms
boscus de Wyke
c.1220
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Etymology
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boscus
de
Wyke
c. 1220
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Places in the same Parish
Major Settlement
Wicken
Early-attested site
Dagnall
Other OS name
Mountmill Fm