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.

Wheatley Wells

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Wheyteley Walles 1474 HAS
  • Whetley Walle 1492 ib

Etymology

, Wheyteley Walles 1474 HAS 12, 114–15, Whetley Walle 1492 ib , cf. Wellheads Close 1678 HAS 34, 174 , v. Wheatley supra , wella ( Merc wælla ) .

+-
Leaflet | Tiles © Esri — Esri, DeLorme, NAVTEQ, TomTom, Intermap, iPC, USGS, FAO, NPS, NRCAN, GeoBase, Kadaster NL, Ordnance Survey, Esri Japan, METI, Esri China (Hong Kong), and the GIS User Community

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement