..-Tenement of William Ostage called " le Welhous" in parish of St. Christopher, 1349 (Ct. H.W. I. p.565), and 1361 (ib. 21).
There seems to )1ave been a brewery so called in Candelwykstrate in parish of S. Mary de Abcherche, 1335 (ib. I. p.406).
Also a tenement so called in parish of St. Michael in Crokedelane, 18 Ed. III. 1343-4 (Cal. L. Bk. F. p.103).
Perhaps named after wells or springs in the various localities.