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.

Wall House

Early-attested site in the Parish of Great Witley

Historical Forms

  • atewall 1340 NI

Etymology

It is probable that this is OE  weall, but why so called is not clear. OE  wielle in the Anglian form wælla is not out of the question however.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement