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Survey of English Place-Names

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Welsbere Barton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Poughill

Historical Forms

  • Welesbere 1238 Ass
  • Wellesbyare juxta Poghehulle 1313 Ass 1317 FF
  • Wellesbeare 1379 IpmR

Etymology

Probably 'wood by the spring,' v. wielle , bearu and cf. Welsford supra 77.There is a spring here.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement