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.

South Weald

Major Settlement in the Parish of South Weald

Historical Forms

  • Welde 1062 KCD813 12th
  • Welda 1086 DB
  • Weld(e) Weld(e) Abbatis 1301 For 1303,1346 FA
  • Walde 1062 KCD813 12th
  • Wale Magna 1259 Ass
  • Waldam 1086 DB
  • Wald(e) 1224–8 FF 1250 Cl
  • Waude 1235–50 FF
  • Suwaud 1314 IpmR
  • Wolde 1354 Pat
  • S(o)uthweld 1262 FF 1334 Londin
  • S(o)uthwalde 1281 FF
  • S(o)uthwealde 1316 FF
  • S(o)uthwold 1347 Cl
  • Southwell 1447,1551 FF t.Hy8 Survey

Etymology

'Forest land,' v. weald . South to distinguish it from North Weald supra 86. Already at the time of the Survey the chief part belonged to Waltham Abbey.