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.

The Wyke

Other OS name in the Parish of Thornhill

Historical Forms

  • (the) Wyke 1529 YDvi 1849 TA
  • Wekys 1538 YDvi

Etymology

, (the ) Wyke 1529 YD vi, 1849TA , Wekys 1538 YD vi , v. wīc ' dairy farm ' ; the name now refers to meadows by the R . Calder .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement