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.

Barwell Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Grove

Historical Forms

  • Berewelle 1327 SR

Etymology

Barwell Fm, 1830 OS, is probably Berewelle 1327SR (p). Possibly a compound of bere 'barley' and w(i)ella, though the O.S. maps do not show a spring or stream near the farm. The first el. could also be the pers.n. Bera .