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.

Wickleden

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkburton

Historical Forms

  • Whickleden 1699 WCR10d

Etymology

, Whickleden 1699WCR 10d , probably OE  cwic ' quick-set hedge ' ( with cw - becoming w ( h ) - as in dial . [ wik ] for quick ' live ' , v. Phonol. §39 ) , hyll , denu ' valley ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site