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.

Wheatley Spring

Early-attested site in the Parish of Great Munden

Historical Forms

  • Wheatley c.1840 TA

Etymology

Wheatley Spring (6″) is Whethale 1398, Whatehale 1416, Watehalestrete 1422Ct , Wheatley c. 1840TA . 'Corner of land for wheat,' v. healh .