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.

Selwell

Other OS name in the Parish of Washfield

Historical Forms

  • Selewille 1316 Exon 1330,1333 SR

Etymology

is Selewille 1316 Exon, 1330, 1333SR (all p) . Possibly a compound of sele and wielle , ' spring bythe hall . '

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