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.

Wellmore

Early-attested site in the Parish of Maids' Moreton

Historical Forms

  • Wellmore feeld c.1725 Terr

Etymology

This must take its name from the Radewell in this field in the same Terrier, a name already found in 1241 (FF ) and denoting 'red spring.' v. read , wielle .

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement