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.

Well Heads

Other OS name in the Parish of Heversham

Historical Forms

  • le Welle 1332 SR

Etymology

, 1752 Kend iii, 234 , named from le Welle 1332SR (p) , v. wella .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site