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.

Ladywell, Leadwell

Early-attested site in the Parish of Turvey

Historical Forms

  • Landimareswell 1279 RH

Etymology

This local survival is recorded in VCH iii. 114, but it is difficult to reconcile the earlier and later forms. Landimareswell is good ME for 'land-boundary's spring' and can hardly be a corruption for 'Lady Mary's well' as is apparently suggested in the VCH.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement