Welwyn
Major Settlement in the Parish of Welwyn
Historical Forms
- (ad) Welingum 944–6 BCS812 13th
- (on) Welugun 11th KCD1354 12th
- Welga, Welge 1086 DB
- Welewe, Welue 1198 Cur
- Welewe 1235 Ch
- Welwe 1302 FA
- Wilga, Wilge 1086 DB
- Wyluwes 1275 RH
- Willowe 1415 ADiv
- Wylughes 1436 IpmR
- Welewes 1203 Cur 1324 Ipm
- Welleues 1238 BM
- Weluwes 1295 Pat
- Welghwes 1316 ib
- Wellewys 1340 Cl 1428 FA
- Wellewes 1415 Pat
- Welewen(e) 1220 Fees 1307 SR
- Weluen 1387 Pat
- Welwyn 1545 SR
- Willowe 1415 ADiv
- Wellyen 1428 FA
- Wellin 1700 Sess
- Welwyn al. Welwys 1626 Recov
- Willen, Wellen 1675 Ogilby
- Wellinge 1677 Sess
Etymology
'At the willows,' the name going back to the OE dative plural, v. welig . A. H. Smith (Leeds Studies v, 71) explains the form welingum as an analogical formation due to the influence of other names with regular ingum -termination.