Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Eswelle 1086 DB

• Haselwell 1190–1200 Facs 1190–1200 Ch 1285

• Hasilwelle 1535 VE

• Haseleuelle 1244–5 Dieul

• Haselewelle 1252 RBE

• Hasselwell, Heswall alias Heswell alias Hasselwell 1682 Sheaf

• Heselwall c.1200 Bark 13 1270 Sheaf 1272 Chest 17 Dugd(p) 1278

• Heswall alias Heselwall 1612 Orm2

• Hesilwall E1 JRC

• Heselewall 1288 ChF

• Hesselwall, Heswall or Hesselwall 1621 Orm2 1656

• Heselwell 13 Bark

• Heslewelle c.1330 Blun

• Heselewelle 1250–70 Tab 1280 ChF 1283–8 AddCh

• Heselewell 1288 ChF

• Hes(s)elwelle 1291 Tax

• Haselwall c.1220 ChRR 1390 Orm2 1819

• Haselwall alias Hesewall 1586 ChRR

• Haselewalle c.1290 Chol

• Hasselwalle 15 ChRR

• Hasselwall, Hasselwall alias Hesewall 1626 Orm2

• Hassellwall, Hassellwall alias Hasewall 1627 AddCh

• Hassulwall 1441 1523 Orm2

• Hashulwall 1478 AD

• Hassilwall 1513 ChEx

• Hazelwalle 13 AddCh

• Hesewell 1247 P

• Hesewall 1299 Chest 17 AddCh 1558

• Haselwall alias Hesewall 1586 ChRR

• Hessewall 1636 Sheaf

• Hasewell 1254 P 1281 CRV 1286 ChFor 1301 Pat 1344 1307

• Hasewall 1288 1387 Eyre

• Heswall or Hasewall 1882 Orm2

• Hasewalle 1435 VR

• Hasiwalle 1307–23 Chest

• Haseleswalle 1276 Chol

• Hateshale 1291 Tax

• Hosewall 1398 Orm2 17

• Weswall 18 ChRR

• Heswall 1520 AD

• Heswall alias Heselwall 1612 Orm2

• Heswall or Hesselwall 1621 1656 ib

• Heswall alias Eastwall c.1662 Surv

• Heswall alias Heswell alias Hasselwell 1682 Sheaf

• Eswall 1537 Orm2

• Hes(s)wall 1724 NotCestr

• Heswell, Heswall alias Heswell, Heswell alias Hasselwell 1682 Sheaf 1727 1842 OS

• Estewall 1534–47 Dugd

• Estwalle 1547 MinAcct

• Eastwall, Heswall alias Eastwall c.1662 Surv

• Eastwell 1739 LRMB264

• Hewall 1546 Dugd 1547 MinAcct

• Hevall 1560 Sheaf

• Haswell 1739 LRMB264

Etymology

'Hazel spring', v. hæsel (cf. Merc. hesel , ON  hesli), wella (cf. Merc. wælla ). Popular tradition associated the p.n. with a well by the roadside in Heswall village, called the Hessle Well , cf. Sheaf3 1 (89).