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.

Wellhead Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Merstham

Historical Forms

  • le Welleheld c.1390 Ct

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is le Welleheld c. 1390Ct . The second element would seem to be hielde , ' slope . '

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement