English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Welsford

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hartland

Historical Forms

  • Welesford 1262 FF
  • Welysford 1333 SR
  • Wellesford 1566 DA

Etymology

Possibly 'ford of (or by) the spring.' There is a tradition of a well called Bradstones Well (ex inf. Mr R. P. Chope).