Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Wellow Mill 1662,1671,1697,1706,1718 Terrier 1735 GrimsCBxi 1801 ib

• Wellow Mill House 1851 Census

• the watter milne of the said Abby 1471 GrimsCBi

• ye Abbey mylln 1481 ib

• molend de Wellow ib ii

• Welloo myln 1535–46 MinAcct

• Welloo Mille 1537 AOMB

• Welhow myll c.1581 GrimsCt

• a water mill called Welhow Mill 1625 Heneage

• Wellow Milne 1638 GrimsMiscD

Etymology

Wellow Mill (lost), Wellow Mill 1662, 1671, 1697, 1706, 1718Terrier , 1735GrimsCB xi , 1801ib xiv , Wellow Mill House 1851Census , the watter milne of the said Abby 1471GrimsCB i , y e Abbey mylln 1481ib , molend de Wellow ib ii , Welloo myln 1535–46MinAcct , Welloo Mille 1537AOMB 209 , Welhow myll c.1581GrimsCt , a water mill called Welhow Mill 1625 Heneage, Wellow Milne 1638GrimsMiscD and cf. Wellow Mill Lane infra ; it belonged to Wellow Abbey. According to Gillett the mill was erected on waste land on the west side of the Haven. Dr Rod Ambler queries whether this is the water mill shown at the head of the Haven on c.1600GrimsMap (PRO ).