Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Danewell 1184 P

• hospital' de Danewell in Cestresira juxta litus maris 1238 Orm2

• hospital of Danewall, hospital of St Andrew Danewall, Danewall 1302 1333 Fine

• Danewalle 1349 Pap

• Danewell(e) 1310,1318,1343 ib

• Denewell c.1240 Sheaf 1293 CASNSXIII 17 c.1268 1400

• portus de Denewell 1308 Fine

• the hall of Denewelle, Denewelle 1293 Sheaf 17

• Denewelle 1311 Fine

• hospital de Denewale 1288–90 Sheaf

• Denewalle 1343 Cl 1349 Pap

• Denewall 1353 1369 ChRR

• Denhale 1293 Sheaf 17 Eyre 1353

• Dennewalle l13 Orm2

• Davenell 1318 Pap

• the hospital of Danwell 1320 MRA

• Danwall Hospitall 16 Harl.

• Donewell 1322,1323,1327 Fine

• port of Donewell 1328 Cl

• hospital de Denwall, hospital Sancti Andree de Denwall, Denwall 1345 Pap 1376 Eyre l14 Harl. m15 Sheaf 1540

• Denwall 1399 ChRR 1819 Orm2

• port of Denwall 1405 Pat

• Denwall House 1650 Sheaf

• hospital Sancti Andree Denwhall, Denwhall 1499 ib

• Denwaulle village & Denwaulle Haul, Denwale Rode c.1536 Leland

• Denna Lane 1817 EnclA

• Denna, Denna House & Denna Lane 1831 Bry

• Dennah House, Dennah Hey & Dennah Meadow 1839 TA

• Denhall, Denhall House 1842 OS

• hospital de Newalle 1349 Papiii293

• Danwell in the parish of Barton 1646 Sheaf3i

Etymology

'The Danes' spring', from Dene, Danir and wella , wælla , with hūs , hall , lane , (ge)hæg, mǣd . The form hospital de Newalle 1349 Pap iii293 is a metanalysis. Denwale Rode (v. rād ) was an anchorage for ships in the port of Chester, cf. Denhall Gutter, Old Quay 223, 225infra . The hospital, for the use of poor travellers from Ireland and other poor or shipwrecked men is first mentioned c.1234 MRA 718p.343 as 'the hospital of Burton in Wirehall', cf. Orm2 ii543, 556, but some foundation was here in 1184 (LCRS xcii 15 n.i and Addenda 186, under the erroneous form Bauewell '). The hamlet of Denhall was in Ness township, it gives name to Denhall Gutter in Great Neston and to Wirral Colliery 226infra in Little Neston. The hospital was closely associated with Burton parish by appropriation c.1234 MRAloc. cit. (or 1238 Sheaf1 3, p.176); the site of its chapel is in Burton township at 109–302747; and the hamlet was reckoned a part of Burton parish in Danwell in the parish of Barton 1646 Sheaf3 i.