Weeding Well
Early-attested site in the Parish of Tideswell
Historical Forms
- Wythynewelle Ed1 AddCh 15th Middleton
- Wythen Wall 1609 Portland
- Wedingwell 1610 Speed
- Great Wythenwall 1617 ShefLD
Etymology
Weeding Well (lost), Wythynewelle Ed 1AddCh , 15thMiddleton , Wythen Wall 1609Portland , Wedingwell 1610 Speed, Great Wythenwall 1617ShefLD . 'Spring by which withies grew', v. wīðign , wælla . It is one of Cotton's wonders of the Peak and is there called Weeding -Wall or Tydes -Well (1681). The traditional explanation of Tideswell as 'the tidal well' is no doubt much earlier than Cotton.Cf. also Withing Wall Head 1850TA (in Great Hucklow).
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Other OS name
- Brood Low
- Brook Head
- Bushyheath Ho
- Butterton Cross
- Church Lane
- Conjoint Lane
- Critchley Wood
- Crossgate
- Dam Cliff
- Heathydale Ward
- The Holmes
- Lane Head
- The Lodge
- Meadow
- Meadow Lane
- Mount Pleasant
- Pittle Mere
- Potluck
- Radford Plantation
- Raven's Tor
- Slancote Lane
- Summer Cross
- Tideswell Moor
- Tongue End
- Town End
- Town Head
- Wall Cliff
- Washhouse Bottom
- White Cross Road