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Survey of English Place-Names

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Weasel Coppice

Other OS name in the Parish of Icomb

Historical Forms

  • uuilesuuelle 781 BCS240 11th
  • on Wulfilde wyllan c.1050 KCD1365 12th
  • Wylles Welle 14 WoHS
  • Wheeslye Hill 1649 ParlSurv

Etymology

, uuilesuuelle 781 (11th)BCS 240, on Wulfilde wyllan c. 1050 (12th) KCD 1365, Wylles Welle 14 WoHS (1911), Wheeslye Hill 1649 ParlSurv ; the oldest form suggests an OE  pers.n. Wil , which has been proposed for Wilshamstead (Bd 85) and Wilson's (Sx 479) ; the second OE  spelling Wulfilde wyllan is from the fem . OE  Wulfhild , v. wella .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement