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.

Wheatlands Scar

Other OS name in the Parish of Bolton by Bowland

Historical Forms

  • Wetelandes c.1200 Sawl35
  • Weetlands 1662 PRBlt

Etymology

, Wetelandes c. 1200Sawl 35, Weetlands 1662 PRBlt , ' wetlands ' , v. wēt , land .