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.

Adwell

Major Settlement in the Parish of Adwell

Historical Forms

  • Advelle 1086 DB
  • Agdoquell' 1087 EHRxl 15th
  • Addewell c.1110 EHRxl 15th Cl 1322 FA 1428
  • Adewell' 1176 P 1523 LS
  • Edewelle c.1175 Thame c.1200 RH 1278–9
  • Eddewell' 1246–7 Ass
  • Aldewelle c.1225 Harl c.1255 FA 1428
  • Audewell c.1225 Harl c.1255
  • Odewell' 1254–6 RH
  • Athewell 1428 FA
  • Adwell 1526 LS

Etymology

'Ead (d )a 's spring or stream,' v. w(i)elle.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site