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Sourwells(lost)

Other OS name in the Parish of Bradley

Historical Forms

  • Sour Wells 1811,1838 Nelthorpe 1839 TA

Etymology

( lost ) , 1824O , 1831Monson , 1838Brace , Sour Wells 1811, 1838Nelthorpe ,1839TA , cf. Sowre lea furrelong 1628Nelthorpe , Sower Le Well Close 1634Nelthorpe , Sowrely well 1654Nelthorpe , Sowereliwell chase 1685Nelthorpe , Sower Lewell Close 1709Nelthorpe ; the earlier name is ' the sour meadow,pasture ' , v. sūr , lea ( OE  lēah ) , to which was added wella ' a well,a spring ' .