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.

Welham

Early-attested site in the Parish of Norton

Historical Forms

  • Wellun, Wellon 1086 DB
  • Wellum 1173 Malton 1218 FF 1333 SR
  • Wellom 13th Malton 1276 RH 1285 KI 1544 FF

Etymology

'At the springs,' from OE  wellum , dat. plur. of w(i)ella. There are several springs about.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement