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.

Milk Wells

Field in the Parish of Fifehead Neville

Historical Forms

  • 1842 TA
  • 4 closes called Milkwell 1650 Hutch

Etymology

Milk Wells(4 closes called Milkwell 1650,v. meoluc, well(a), cf. Milkwell Du(EPN))