Weel
WEEL, a township, in the parish of St. John, Beverley, union, and liberties of the borough, of Beverley, E. riding of York, 2ΒΌ miles (E.) from Beverley; containing 133 inhabitants. This township, called in Domesday book Wela, comprises 1075 acres, of which a portion was inclosed in the year 1785, under an act then passed. The abbey of Meaux held some property here.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.