The Hwicce of Rutland? Some intriguing names from the East Midlands --- new post by me :) http://www.caitlingreen.org/2016/03/the-hwicce-of-rutland.html …pic.twitter.com/Yly70ho6tI
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I assume it means your ancestors came from Rutland :)
Well, hope it has proven interesting! It's a fascinating name :)
Wickham in Hampshire (?)

That's a wīc-hām, a settlement associated with a Roman 'vicus' :)
named to distinguish from whoever lived in Essendine?
Prob not, but they do make a nice pair in their modern forms! (=Old English 'Esa's valley')
They do! Suppose they could have just ended up as boring "dens"?
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