English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Wellfield Fm & Wellfield Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Hawkchurch

Historical Forms

  • Wellfield Tenement 1769 DROMap
  • Wellville 1811 OS

Etymology

( 1842TA , Wellfield Tenement 1769DROMap , Wellville 1811 OS ) ; there are several small streams here , v. well(a) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement