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Newel Well

Other OS name in the Parish of Glentham

Etymology

, cf. Neuwelhill Hy3 (1291) Ch , Neuweldale c1320Foster ( v. deill ' a share of land ' ) , Nuwell hill 1681CCLeases , Newell Hill 1690, 1697Terrier (Bishop Norton ) , self - explanatory , ' the new spring ' , v. nīwe , wella . There is a spring here .