May Williamson: The Non-Celtic Place-Names of the Scottish Border ...

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Borthwick Water. This terminal is also common in Northumberland. There are parallels for
Hawick and *Heatherwick, six names contain OE personal names; two, river-names; one,
Goswick, is plainly a farm-name; and the rest contain topographical elements. In Cumberland
there are no instances of this type.
ROXBURGHSHIRE
BORTHWICK MAINS (Rbt): (85, 10 A):
Bordewich, 1165-69 LSMM; Borthewyk, 1335-6 CDS; 1374 HMC (Drml); Borthwyke, 1391
HMC (Rxb). Cf Borthwickshiels: Borthwykschelys, 1374 RMS. *Borthwick (near Duns),
Bwk: Borthwic, 1501 RMS /43/ -uick, Blaeu. OE bord wīc, “home farm”, the farm which
supplied the board or table of the lord of the district. Compare the numerous Borelands in
Dmf and Galloway: Boreland (H & C): Bordland, 1583-4; B~ (Glwy): Bordland, 1497 (PN
Glwy, 45). The same term, bord, is the first element of Borthaugh, near Borthwick Mains: cf
No XXIII.
DARNICK (Mel): (80, 13 D):
Dernewic, c 1136 LSMM. OE derne wīc, “secret, remote, village”, perhaps because it was
hidden in the woods, the presence of which at an early period in this district is proved by the
numerous names denoting woodland or clearings.
FENWICK (Hwk): (85, 11 B):
ffenwic (P), c 1280 (c 1320) Kelso; Fenwyk (P), 1374 HMC (Drml); Fynnik, 1547 RMS. OE
fenn wīċ, “farm by the bog”.
HAWICK (Hwk): (85, 12 A):
Hawic, 1165-69 LSMM; 1214 C de M; -wyc, 1264-6 Rot Scac; Havewyk, 1296 CDS; Havwic,
1296 CDS (Seal). This is probably OE haga wīċ, “village surrounded by a hedge”: cf Hawick
Nb (PN NbDu, 106).
BERWICKSHIRE
FISHWICK (Hut): (75, 12 L): /44/
Fyschewike, 1095 (15 th ) ESC; Fiscwic, c 1100 ib; Fiswiċ, 1126 ib; -wihc, 1124-53 NMS. OE
fisċwīc, “village where fish was obtainable”. Fiswic is mentioned as a “piscatura” in a
Durham Charter of c 1135.
A “lost” name is Hatherwik, 1509 RMS, in Lauder; cf Heatherwick Nb (PN NbDu, 108) and
Hedderwick, ELth, which is Hatheruuich, 1094 ESC; -vic, 1165-1214 LSMM. All probably
represent NME, MSc hathir, “heather”.
Thre are also Sunwick (Hut) which is probably OE swīn-wīc, “pig farm”, and Birswick (Clb),
which may be OE bres-wīc, “cattle-sheds farm”. Berwick Burn (Ckb) contains OE berewiċ,
in the sense of “granary” or “outlying farm”.
/45/ VIII OE burh,
“fortified place”, is applied in England to Roman stations (eg Salisburgh), to Celtic fortresses
(eg Bamborough), or to Anglo-Saxon fortified sites (eg Hertingfordbury). A pre-English