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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.

Whelm Cottage

Early-attested site in the Parish of Arkley

Etymology

Whelm Cottage (6″). Cf. le Whelm 1559Cassio , Whelmefeeld 17th VCH ii, 330, Whelm Field c. 1840TA . This is perhaps OE  (æ)wielm, 'spring, source.' Cf. Toller Whelme (PN Do 272).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement