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Survey of English Place-Names

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Wigglesworth Beck, Wigglesworth Hall & Wigglesworth Row

Other OS name in the Parish of Long Preston

Historical Forms

  • the Brooke 1716 Raist
  • Wygylsworth hall 1552 WillY

Etymology

( the Brooke 1716Raist ) ( Wygylsworth hall 1552 WillY ) ( 1841TA ) , v. bekkr , brōc , hall , rāw ' row of houses ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site