Whistlewell
Early-attested site in the Parish of Bovey Tracy
Historical Forms
- Whyslewylle 1395–1419 Exon
- Whiselwill(e) 1596 DCoNQ10,1 1652 FF
- Whisselwell 1667 FF
Etymology
v. wielle .The name probably referred to a 'whistling' or noisy spring.According to Mr Watkin a stream rises here.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Crownley
- Elsford
- Hawkmoor
- Indio
- Little Bovey
- Pludda
- Pullabrook
- Riddaford Water
- Soldridge
- Stickwick
- Woolley
- Yarner
- Brimley