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.

Weald

Early-attested site in the Parish of Eynesbury Hardwicke

Historical Forms

  • Weld(e) 1219 For 1270 Ass 1279 RH 1286 1310,1327 FF 1410 BM 1443 IpmR
  • Wald(e) 1220 FF 1270 Ass
  • Waude 1227 Ass
  • Wolde 1286 Ass
  • Welde juxta S. Neotum 1287 FF
  • Weelde 1558 FF

Etymology

v. weald , with much fluctuation between the two dialectal forms weald and wold which develop from it.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement