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Survey of English Place-Names

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Wheel Lane, Wheel Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Ecclesfield

Historical Forms

  • The Wheele Intacke 1660 Norf
  • Wheel & Dam 1849 TA

Etymology

, The Wheele Intacke 1660Norf , Wheel & Dam 1849TA , v. hwēol ' a water-wheel ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement