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.

Wellecroft

Field in the Parish of Wold Newton

Historical Forms

Wellecroft eHy2 Alv

Well Close 1573 MiD

Etymology

Wellecroft l12(13), Well Close 1573(v. wella, croft, clos(e))

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Wold Newton