Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Barwell Inggs 1635 LindDep c.1900

• Barwell Ing 1657 Nelthorpe

• a place comonly called Barwell Ings 1685 ib

• Barril Ings 1764,1776,1780 ib

• Barrel Inge 1767 Stubbs

• Barrel Ings 1790 Monson

• Barrow or Barrell Ings 1768 Nelthorpe

• Barrow Lings 1739,1748 Dixon

Etymology

, Barwell Inggs 1635 (c.1900)LindDep 78 , Barwell Ing 1657Nelthorpe , a place comonly called Barwell Ings 1685ib , Barril Ings 1764, 1776, 1780ib , Barrel Inge 1767Stubbs , Barrel Ings 1790Monson , Barrow or Barrell Ings 1768Nelthorpe ,Barrow Lings 1739, 1748Dixon ; the forms are too late to suggest an etymology for Barwell and it is impossible to know whether it is an old p.n. or a surn . , v. eng ' meadow, pasture ' , probably in the pl . in the sense of ' outlying pastures ' .