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.

Lady's Well

Other OS name in the Parish of Abbotsbury

Historical Forms

  • fontem voc' Ourladye well 1640 Ilch

Etymology

, fontem voc 'Ourladye well 1640Ilch , cf. oure Ladi Chapell ' within the Abbey Church of Abbottisbury 1501Ilch , v. St Peter's Abbey supra .