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.

Fulwell

Early-attested site in the Parish of Spelsbury

Historical Forms

  • Fulewell c.1250–60 Winchcombe
  • Folewell 1278–9 RH 1316 FA

Etymology

'Dirty stream,' v. fūl , w(i)elle.