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.

Wellhurst Copse

Other OS name in the Parish of Wisborough Green

Historical Forms

  • Welewes 1279 Ass

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) may be connected with the family of John de Welewes (1279Ass ) , the modern form being corrupt .