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.

Wellclose

Other OS name in the Parish of Barnstaple

Historical Forms

  • a close called Willeclose 1397 Barum

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is a close called Willeclose 1397 Barum . v. wielle .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement