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.

Wet Lands

Other OS name in the Parish of Norton

Historical Forms

  • Wetlandis, Wetlandes c.1300 ib
  • Weetlands 1560,1564 ParReg
  • Weytlandes 1585 Halliii
  • Wetelands 1595 FF
  • Wetlands 1669 ParReg

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) , Wetlandis , Wetlandes c. 1300 ib, Weetlands 1560,1564 ParReg, Weytlandes 1585 Hall iii, Wetelands 1595FF , Wetlands 1669 ParReg , v. wēt , land .