Wellow
Major Settlement in the Parish of Wellow
Historical Forms
- Welhag' 1207 P 1210 Cur 1218 DukRec
- Welhagh 1232 Ch 1302 FF 1347 Ipm
- Welhah 1275 RH
- Welhawe 1280 Ass 1299,1330 Ipm 1346 FA
- Welagh t.John Ch 1316
- Welawe 1428 FA
- Willag 1232 Ch
- Wellehach', Wellehak 1250 RegAntiq
- Wellehagh 1268 1270 Blyth 1305 Ipm 1316 FF
- Wellehawe 1300 For
- Wellawe c.1275 AddCh 1280 Ass
- Wellagh 1316 FA
- Wellaughe 1620 FF
- Whellay 1494 NtIpm
- Whellay or Welley 1494 Ipm
- Wellugh 1537 LP
- Welley 1596 Recov 1680 FF 1678 ib
- Welley al. Wellaugh al. Welhaugh 1697 Recov
- Welley oth. Wellow 1747 ib
Etymology
A compound of OE wielle and haga, referring to an enclosure of some kind near to a spring. A small tributary of the Maun rises here.