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.

  1. Wheldrake (Parish in East Riding of Yorkshire)

  2. Drakes Gorse (Other OS name, Aylesby, Lincolnshire)

    is probably named from the Rev . T.T . Drake , lord of the manor 1842 White

  3. Wheldrake Hall (Other OS name, Wheldrake, East Riding of Yorkshire)

    de Aula 1301 LS; Hallefeld 13th Font

    ( 6 ″ ) . Cf. William de Aula 1301 LS , Hallefeld 13th Font