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.

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  1. The Windmill (Other OS name, Waltham, Leicestershire)

    , v. Windmill furlong in f. ns . ( b ) infra

  2. Well (Other OS name, Burton and Dalby, Leicestershire)

    Ancell Crosse 1550 Pochin; Annwell Crosse, Anncell Cross(e), Annsell Crosse 1561 Surv

    ( 2 ½ ″ ) , a holy spring and well dedicated originally to St Anne , cf. Ancell Crosse 1550Pochin , Annwell Crosse , Anncell