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.

Willans

Other OS name in the Parish of Dent

Historical Forms

  • Willan 1611 PR

Etymology

, named from a local family of Willan (1611 PR 1,etc.) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement