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.

Welland

Other OS name in the Parish of Bishop's Nympton

Historical Forms

  • La Wyldelond(e) 1249 Ass
  • La Wyldelond(e) juxta Nymtone 1285 FF
  • atte Willalond 1330 SR

Etymology

is La Wyldelond (e )1249Ass , La Wyldelond (e ) juxta Nymtone 1285FF , atte Willalond 1330SR (p) . ' Wild(uncultivated) land , ' cf. Willand infra 553 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement