Etymology

Alnwick

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Today it means: A town and civil parish with a town council in and the county town of Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NU1813). Full definition →

Old English wīċ
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromwīċ“dairy farm”
  2. English todayAlnwick

From the name of the river Aln + Old English wīċ (“dairy farm”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishwīċ all →

IpswichWycombeWickhamWeekleyWykeWyton-wichWickmereWighill

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.