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.

Hewletts

Other OS name in the Parish of Cheltenham

Historical Forms

  • Overhulettes 1628 Inq
  • Hewlet 1777 M

Etymology

( partly in Prestbury ) , Overhulettes 1628 Inq, Hewlet 1777 M , named from the local family of that name ( cf. William Howlett of Winchcomb 1689 PR 7, 46 ) .