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.

Wike Gate Rd and Wike Well End

Other OS name in the Parish of Thorne

Historical Forms

  • Wike Close 1841 TA
  • Wyke Well Green 1841 TA

Etymology

, 1841 O.S. , Wike Close 1841TA , , Wyke Well Green 1841TA , both from wīc ' a dairy farm ' .