Wellae

WellaeGuillelmus Malmesburiensis, De gestis pontificum Anglorum 2.90 (vulgo Wells) est urbs Somersetensis comitatus, in Anglia occidentali sita, et ab anno 909 sedes dioeceseos Bathoniensis et Wellensis (hodie in ecclesia Anglicana), ubi nundinae tenentur ab anno 1180, mercatus autem ab anno 1166.Samantha Letters, "Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs in England and Wales to 1516" Nostro tempore hominum fere 12 000 ibi habitant. "Wellas, villam ... pro copia fonticulorum ita ebullentium ita dictam": his verbis etymologiam Anglosaxonicam toponymi Guillelmus Malmesburiensis explanavit.

Ecclesia Cathedralis Wellensis quam hodie visitatur, sancto Andrea consecrata, inter annos 1175 et 1490 constructa est.

 Notae 

 Bibliographia 
 D. S. Andrews, Bath and Wells: a sketchbook. Londinii: A. & C. Black, 1919
 "Wells" in John Collinson, The History and Antiquities of the County of Somerset (3 voll. Bathoniae, 1791) vol. 3 pp. 375-411
 Clare Gathercole, An archaeological assessment of Wells. Taunton: Somerset County Council, 2003
 "Wells" in 

 "Wells" in Arthur L. Salmon, Ernest W. Haslehust, Bath and Wells (Novi Eboraci: Dodge [1900?]) pp. 30-49
 "Colleges: the cathedral of Wells" in  Somerset vol. 2 (1911) pp. 162-169
 Horace B. Woodward, "Notes on the geology of the neighbourhood of Wells, Somerset" in Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History Society's Proceedings vol. 19 (1873)

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Categoria:Sedes episcopales Britanniae
Categoria:Loci habitati comitatus Somersetensis