Welland
Major Settlement in the Parish of Welland
Historical Forms
- Wenelond 1182 RBB 18th
- Weneland 1190 Ch 1335 Cl 1233
- Wenland c.1197 Thomas 18th FF 1649
- Wentland 1275 SR
- Wennelond 1299 RBB 18th
- Wenlond(e) 1326 SR 1428 FA 1535 VE
- Wenlone 1328 FF
Etymology
No definite suggestion can be made with regard to this name.There is evidence for OE pers. names in Wēn - (v. Searle), and there may have been a pet-form Wen (n )a formed from such (cf. Wennanstan BCS 476). This would suggest interpreting the name as 'Wēna 's land,' v. land . On the other hand it may be more than a coincidence that the Welland Brook and the Wyndbrook (v. supra 17), earlier Wenbroc , join one another and flow into the Severn, in which case we probably have to do with some non-English element.