Oxwick

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Oxwick is a hamlet in the English county of Norfolk. [1] It lies close to the source of the River Wensum and lies one mile south of the village of Colkirk .

Ruined church in Oxwick
Photographed in 2006 All Saints, Oxwick, Norfolk - Ruin - geograph.org.uk - 320420.jpg
Ruined church in Oxwick
Photographed in 2006

The hamlets name means 'Ox specialised farm'. [2]

References

  1. The Ordnance Survey gazetteer of Great Britain: all names from the 1:50000 landranger map series (3 ed.). London: Macmillan. 1992. p. 560. ISBN   0-3335-7897-X.
  2. "Key to English Place-names". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 4 June 2025.

52°47′17″N0°50′06″E / 52.788°N 0.835°E / 52.788; 0.835