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Survey of English Place-Names

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Weyre welus

Field in the Parish of Rearsby

Historical Forms

  • Weyre welus 1467×84 LTD
  • wear willoes 1612 Terrier

Etymology

Weyre welus 1467 × 84, wear willoes 1612, Wear Willowes 1625, 1675, 1679, 1703, Wear Willows 1700, 1709, 1712, 1745 (v. wer, wilig; prob. the Wire willows (1788) recorded in adjoining Queniborough)