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| Name Ending |
| Introduction |
| -bec, beck |
| -burgh |
| -by, bi |
| -chester, caister |
| -den, dene |
| -don |
| -field |
| -firth |
| -ford |
| -hall |
| -ham |
| -ing |
| -kirk |
| -ley, lea, leigh |
| -minster |
| -scale |
| -sea, sey |
| -shaw, shawe |
| -stock, stoke, stow |
| -thwaite |
| -ton |
| -ville |
| -wick |
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New Light on Old Place Names
| | WICK, WYKE, WICH, WICHE |
Original meaning="inlet" |
A few place names using the term
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Wick is derived from the Norse word "Vik" which means inlet or fjord. They mainly appear along the east coast of England from London to the Scottish border. Over time, it came to mean any place where Vikings settled (not just along the coast). The Danes, in particular, were dairy farmers so there are many places inland where dairy farming was the main business.
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Ipswich
Middlewich
Norwich
Wickford
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Inlet settled by Gippa
Farm between Nantwich and Northwich
City on the inlet of the north people
Dairy farm at the river crossing
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