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.

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.

Places in the same Parish