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.

Milkwall

Other OS name in the Parish of West Dean

Etymology

, 1844Comm , v. meoluc ' milk ' , wælla , doubtless one used by cattle or where milk was cooled ( cf. Mylkewell ii, 100supra ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement