Wells most commonly refers to: * Wells, Somerset, a cathedral city in Somerset, England *

Well A well is an excavation or structure created in the ground by digging, driving, or drilling to access liquid resources, usually water. The oldest and most common kind of well is a water well, to access groundwater in underground aquifers. The ...

, an excavation or structure created in the ground *

Wells (name) Wells is an English surname of Norman origin, but is possibly a Welsh surname, from an old English word for Wales. It normally derives from occupation, location, and topography. The occupational name (i.e. "Wellman") derives from the person resp ...

Wells may also refer to:

Places

Canada

Wells, British Columbia Wells is a small mining and tourist town in the Cariboo District of central British Columbia, located on BC Highway 26, from Quesnel and before the highway's terminus at Barkerville. It gains much of its revenue and jobs from tourists who pas ...

England

Wells (Priory Road) railway station Wells (Priory Road) was a railway station on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway at Wells in the county of Somerset in England. Opening on 15 March 1859 as Wells, on the Somerset Central Railway, at that time a broad-gauge line operated by ...

was a railway station in Wells, Somerset *

Wells (Tucker Street) railway station Wells (Tucker Street) railway station was the second terminus station on the Bristol and Exeter Railway's Cheddar Valley line in Somerset after the extension from the first terminus at Cheddar was opened. It was the third station on the third ...

was a railway station in Wells, Somerset *

Wells (UK Parliament constituency) Wells is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by James Heappey of the Conservative Party. History The original two-member borough constituency was created in 1295, and abolished by the Reform ...

, the UK parliamentary constituency in which the city of Wells, Somerset, is located *

Wells-next-the-Sea Wells-next-the-Sea is a port town on the north coast of Norfolk, 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 c ...

, town and port in Norfolk **

Wells-on-Sea railway station Wells-next-the-Sea railway station served the port town of Wells-next-the-Sea in North Norfolk, England. It was opened in 1857 by the Wells & Fakenham Railway, later part of the Great Eastern Railway's Wymondham to Wells branch, and became a j ...

was a railway station in Wells-next-the-Sea

Scotland

* Wells, Roxburghshire, a Scottish feudal barony

United States

*Wells, California, former name of Keene, California * Wells, Indiana *

Wells, Kansas Wells is an unincorporated community in Ottawa County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the community and nearby areas was 45. History The first post office in Wells was established in 1888 and was called Poe unt ...

Wells, Maine Wells is a resort town in York County, Maine, United States. Founded in 1643, it is the third-oldest town in Maine. The population was 11,314 at the 2020 census. Wells Beach is a popular summer destination. History The Abenaki Indians call ...

Wells, Minnesota Wells is a city in Faribault County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 2,343 at the 2010 census. History Wells was laid out in 1869. The city was named for J.W. Wells, father in law of Clark W. Thompson. The city contains a proper ...

* Wells, Mississippi *

Wells, Nevada Wells is a small city in Elko County, in northeast Nevada in the western United States. The population was 1,292 at the 2010 census. Wells is located at the junction of Interstate 80 and U.S. Route 93, approximately east of Elko and is part of ...

Wells, New York Wells is a town in Hamilton County, New York, United States. The population was 674 at the 2010 census. The town is named after Joshua Wells, a land agent, who built the first mills in the area. It is in the Adirondack Park and on the eastern bord ...

, a town ** Wells (CDP), New York, a census-designated place in the town * Wells, Texas * Wells, Vermont, a New England town **

Wells (CDP), Vermont Wells is the central village and a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Wells, Rutland County, Vermont, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 386, out of 1,214 in the entire town. The CDP is in southwestern Rutland ...

, the main village in the town *

Wells, West Virginia Wells was an unincorporated community in Marshall County, West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geograph ...

Wells, Wisconsin Wells is a town in Monroe County, Wisconsin. The population was 529 at the time of the 2000 census. The unincorporated community of Farmers Valley is located partially in the town. The town was named for James Wells, a prominent early settler a ...

, a town *

Wells, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin Wells is an unincorporated community in the town of Rantoul, Calumet County and the town of Rockland, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by ...

, an unincorporated community *

Wells County (disambiguation) Wells County is the name of two counties in the United States: * Wells County, Indiana * Wells County, North Dakota {{Geodis, uscounty ...

Wells Island Wells Island is a bar island in Tyler County, West Virginia on the Ohio River. In 1891, the Board on Geographic Names officially decided upon Wells Island as the island's name. It lies to the southwest of Sistersville. Wells Island is protected ...

, West Virginia *

Wells Township (disambiguation) Wells Township may refer to the following places: * Wells Township, Appanoose County, Iowa * Wells Township, Marshall County, Kansas * Wells Township, Delta County, Michigan * Wells Township, Marquette County, Michigan * Wells Township, Tuscol ...

People

Wells baronets There have been three baronetcies created for persons with the surname Wells, all in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. Two of the creations are extinct. *The Wells baronetcy of Upper Grosvenor Street in the County of London, was created in th ...

, a member of the Order of Baronets with the surname Wells *

Bishop of Bath and Wells The Bishop of Bath and Wells heads the Church of England Diocese of Bath and Wells in the Province of Canterbury in England. The present diocese covers the overwhelmingly greater part of the (ceremonial) county of Somerset and a small area of D ...

Other uses

Charles Wells Ltd Wells & Co. (formerly Charles Wells Ltd) is the holding company of the Charles Wells Brewery and Pub Company (a pub chain). Charles Wells Ltd was founded in 1876 by Charles Wells in Bedford, England. The Charles Wells Pub Company controls over ...

, a vertically integrated British regional brewer * HMS ''Wells'' (I95), a British naval fighting ship *

Struell Wells Struell Wells ( ga, Toibreacha an tSruthail; Ulster-Scots: ''Struell Waals'') are a set of four holy wells in the townland of Struell, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) east of Downpatrick, County Down, Northern Ireland (grid ref: J513442). The wells d ...

, a set of four holy wells in Struell, Northern Ireland *

Wells and Fakenham Railway The Wells & Fakenham Railway, was the northern part of the Wymondham to Wells branch in Norfolk, England. It connected the market town of Fakenham to the coast at Wells-next-the-Sea. It closed to passenger traffic in 1964 and to goods traffic ...

was a railway line in Norfolk, England *

Wells Cathedral Wells Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in Wells, Somerset, England, dedicated to St Andrew the Apostle. It is the seat of the Bishop of Bath and Wells, whose cathedra it holds as mother church of the Diocese of Bath and Wells. Built as a ...

, in Wells, Somerset *

Wells City F.C. Wells City F.C. are a football club based in Wells, Somerset, England. The club is affiliated to the Somerset County FA. They are currently members of the and play at the Athletic Ground. History They joined the Western League Division Two i ...

, a football club based in Wells, Somerset *

Wells College Wells College is a private liberal arts college in Aurora, New York. The college has cross-enrollment with Cornell University and Ithaca College. For much of its history it was a women's college. Wells College is located in the Finger Lakes ...

, a liberal arts college in New York *

Wells Fargo Wells Fargo & Company is an American multinational financial services company with corporate headquarters in San Francisco, California; operational headquarters in Manhattan; and managerial offices throughout the United States and intern ...

, an American bank *

Wells light A Wells light was a large paraffin-fuelled (kerosene) blowlamp used for engineering work, particularly for illumination, in Victorian times. At a time before widespread electrical lighting, they were the most common form of high-powered portable il ...

, a large oil-fuelled blowlamp *

Wells notice A Wells notice is a letter that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sends to people or firms at the conclusion of an SEC investigation that states the SEC is planning to bring an enforcement action against them. The notice informs t ...

, a notification of enforcement by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission *

Wells Regional Transportation Center Wells Regional Transportation Center is an Amtrak train station in Wells, Maine. The station sits next to the Pan Am Railways mainline, formerly the Western Route mainline of the Boston and Maine Railroad The Boston and Maine Railroad was a ...

is a train and bus station in Wells, Maine * Wells score, one of two prediction rules in clinical medicine * Wells turbine, a low-pressure air turbine * 1721 Wells, an asteroid * Wells (crater), an impact crater on Mars *

Wells Vertige The Wells Vertige is a British mid-engine, rear-wheel drive two-seater sports car by Wells Motor Cars. History The car was created by Robin Wells who conceived the idea in 2014. The reason behind the idea was because no other sports car appeal ...

, a British sports car