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.

Weel

Major Settlement in the Parish of Beverley

Historical Forms

  • Vela, Wela 1086 DB
  • Wele 1252 Meaux 1249–69 Melsa 1309 Ebor 1573 BM
  • Wel 1298,1301 Ebor
  • Welle 1310 Ebor
  • Weel(e) 1437 HMC(Bev) 1706 BevRent
  • Wiell 1575 FF
  • Weill 1583 FF

Etymology

OE  wǣl (Angl  wēl ) 'a deep place in a river,' as in Wheel Hall infra 265. Weel is on the river Hull.