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.

Wisbech Hundred

Hundred in the County of The Isle of Ely

Historical Forms

  • Wys(e)bech(e), Wis(e)bech(e) 1201 ElyC 1251 ElyCouch 1438 Imb
  • Wisbiche 1553 EAix
  • Wisbitche 1617 AddCh