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.

Welham

Early-attested site in the Parish of Clarborough

Historical Forms

  • Wellun 1086 DB 1192 France
  • Wellon 1086 DB
  • Wellum t.Hy1 Dugdvi 1166 P 1195 1226 FF 1341 ib
  • Wellom 1316 FA
  • Welom 1400 Pat
  • Wellome 1545 LP
  • Welhum, Welham c.1250 Misc
  • Welhom 1280 Ass
  • Welham 1775 C

Etymology

This place-name is from the dative plural of OE  wielle, 'well, spring.' 'At the springs.'

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement