English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Britwell (House)

Early-attested site in the Parish of Burnham

Historical Forms

  • Brutewelle 13th ADi 1354,1364 Cl 1473 Pat
  • Brittewelle 13th ADiv 1344 Pat
  • Bretewell 1346 Pat 1347 Orig
  • Brytewel 1413 BM

Etymology

OE  beorhtan wiellan (dat.), 'bright, clear well.'