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.

Ausewell

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ashburton

Historical Forms

  • Ausewell, Ausewellwode 1553 Pat
  • Aweswell 1583 DKR38,202
  • Apswell Rock 1606 Dartmoor

Etymology

The forms are too late for any certainty. If the last form is correct the meaning may have been 'aspen spring,' v. wielle .