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What does the suffix '..wick' mean?

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Glenn H | 21:34 Sat 19th Oct 2002 | People & Places
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Many place names end in ..wick. eg Keswick, Hawick etc. What does the suffix '..wick' mean?
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I understand that it is related to the Anglo-Saxon term wic or vicus meaning �to camp�.
23:21 Sat 19th Oct 2002
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Village/settlement and also - from Norse - marshy bay. Salt was obtained through evaporation of seawater in shallow bays, so the name 'wick' was given to places, even inland such as Droitwich, where salt could be obtained.
09:12 Sun 20th Oct 2002
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Wick is also the old english for a dairy farm.
17:23 Sun 20th Oct 2002

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