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Wells-next-the-Sea
Wells-next-the-Sea is a port on the North Norfolk coast of England.
The civil parish has an area of and in 2001 had a population of 2,451,〔Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). ''(Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes )''. Retrieved 2 December 2005.〕 reducing to 2,165 at the 2011 Census.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Town population 2011 )〕
Wells is to the east of the resort of Hunstanton, 20 miles (32 km) to the west of Cromer, and 10 miles (16 km) north of Fakenham. The city of Norwich lies 32 miles (51 km) to the south-east. Nearby villages include Blakeney, Burnham Market, Burnham Thorpe, Holkham and Walsingham.〔Ordnance Survey (2002). ''OS Explorer Map 251 – Norfolk Coast Central''. ISBN 0-319-21887-2.〕
==Origin of name==
The name is ''Guella'' in the Domesday Book (half gallicised, half Latinised from Anglian ''Wella'', a spring). This derives from spring wells of which Wells used to have many, rising through the chalk of the area. The town started to be known as Wells-next-the-Sea in the early 19th century to distinguish it from other places of the same name. When the Wells and Fakenham Railway was opened on 1 December 1857, the terminus was given the name of "Wells-on-Sea". In 1956 the Wells Urban District Council voted to (re-)adopt the name Wells-next-the-Sea, and this has been the official name since then.〔Description of Wells-next-the-Sea (www.wellsnextthesea.info/Wellsonsea/WellsWeb/desc.html ). Retrieved 28 November 2011.〕
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