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.

Wise

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkby Malham

Historical Forms

  • the Withes 1812 ib

Etymology

, the Withes 1812 ib 206 , ' thewillows ' , v. wīðig , cf. Braidewides 127supra .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site