Wagmuggle (EN) / Obscure (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
South Hill
Hundred: 
East Wivelshire
Notes: 
Unknown word. Possible interpretations include Germanic <mucel> ‘great’ and English “mugle”, a lumpfish [Cyclopterus lumpus]. The <wag> is obscure.
Historic forms: 
Wagnuggle 1782 and Wagmuggle 1799. Wagmuggle c1841