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.

Horwell

Other OS name in the Parish of Colebrooke

Historical Forms

  • Horghewill(e) 1330 SR 1356 Ass

Etymology

is Horghewill (e )1330SR (p), 1356Ass (p) . ' Dirty spring , ' v. horh , wielle .

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