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Survey of English Place-Names

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Wellcroft Shaw

Other OS name in the Parish of Ditchling

Historical Forms

  • Welcroft 1202 Cur
  • Wellecroft 1317 ADv

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Welcroft 1202 Cur, Wellecroft 1317 AD v , v. croft . In 1317 there is also mention of a Wellebrok .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement