wyches

Salt was procured from the wyches or pans of the coast, and also from the inland wyches or brine wells of

Early Britain Anglo-Saxon Britain Grant Allen 1873

** In 1566, "The examynation of certen wyches at Chenlforde before the quencs maieftics Judges in the countyc of Effex. —

Typographical antiquities: an historical account of printing in England ... 1790