2006-10-21 09:44:37 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Nope the name has changed in spelling over the years, the village has two fords, you get the idea.
2006-10-21 09:54:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would appear that the original name was "Wiceford", which does not justify any connection with witches. It may, indeed, come from the Anglo-Saxon "wick" meaning village.
Witchford is a small and rather narrow parish near the centre of the Isle proper. 'The Town stands on a plesant Hill att 3 miles west of Ely,' (fn. 1) and the road between the two places crosses some of the highest ground in the Isle (about 80 ft. above sea-level), commanding fine views over the southern extremity of the Fens to the Suffolk hills beyond Newmarket. Witchford is at present one of the smaller villages in the county but was formerly of greater importance; Domesday Book refers to the two hundreds of Ely which meet at Wiceford, and the name 'Witchford Hundred' is found from 1128.
2006-10-21 10:51:20 · answer #2 · answered by Doethineb 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, it is named after a Saxon bishop, who met William the Conqueror at the river (ford) to make his supplication ( plea, oath of loyalty) to the new ruler. Although there are many local features( woods, rocks, hills etc) in various locations with `Witch` associations, I know of no village or town named directly after Witchcraft. Religious persecution peaked alongside Witchcraft. No town or village would dare to endorse Witchcraft.
2006-10-21 11:34:15 · answer #3 · answered by ED SNOW 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually there is another source. Some call 3 am to be the witching hour because it is used to a reverse to mock 3 pm (the hour at which it's supposed Jesus died).
2016-03-18 22:34:18 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually the word witch probably comes from the word 'wich' or 'wych(e)' which means 'salt'. As in Droitwich, Wyche Cutting (Malvern). etc.
2006-10-22 22:32:58 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not that I am aware of - I think the old spelling is Wychford anyway - the Wych part relates to a type of Elm tree
2006-10-21 09:57:55 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes very much so , It was around there that the witch finder General operated
2006-10-25 05:45:30 · answer #7 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Computer says no
2006-10-21 10:46:41 · answer #8 · answered by carnival queen 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
atleast it does sound like that...i dunno...
2006-10-21 09:46:53 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋