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.

Epwell

Major Settlement in the Parish of Epwell

Historical Forms

  • (on) Eoppan wyllan (broc) 956 BCS964 c.1200
  • (of) Eoppan wyllan (broc) 956 BCS967 18th
  • (on) Eoppan welles (stream) 956 BCS966 c.1200
  • (on) Eoppan wylles (stream) 956 BCS966 c.1250
  • (of) Coppan wyllan (broc) 956 BCS964 c.1200
  • Epewella 1185 P
  • Eppewella 1187 P 1506 AD
  • Eppuwelle 1199 FF
  • Uppewelle 1213–28 Eynsh c.1240 Os
  • Uppewell 1285 Cl
  • Ippewelle c.1260 Os c.1300 Thame
  • Ipwell 1482,4 AD 1509–10 Os
  • Eppwell 1537 AD

Etymology

'Eoppa 's spring,' v. w(i)elle.

Places in the same Parish

None