Upper Wick
settlement · Gloucestershire
Old EnglishAI-generated
Upper Wick means 'upper farmstead or dairy'. 'Upper' distinguishes it from a lower settlement. 'Wick' derives from an Old English word for a farmstead, dairy, or settlement.
Word origins
- Upper
- Old Englishupper(from ufra "upper")
- Wick
- Old Englishfarmstead, dairy(from wic "farmstead, dairy, settlement")