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Survey of English Place-Names

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Bail Welts

Other OS name in the Parish of Skipsea

Historical Forms

  • Bail wells or Bail whelts 1840 Poulson

Etymology

is Bail wells or Bail whelts 1840Poulson . Welt is probably the word welt used of a narrow ridge , in allusion to the outer earthworks of Skipsea Brough .