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.

Well Bottom

Other OS name in the Parish of West Firle

Historical Forms

  • Fonte 1296 SR
  • atte Welle 1319 FF

Etymology

is to be associated with Robert de Fonte (1296 SR) and Maud atte Welle (1319 FF) .