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.

Halwell

Early-attested site in the Parish of Brixton

Historical Forms

  • Hagawila (sic) 1086 DB
  • Hal(e)gh(e)well' 1242 Fees776 1284,1303 FA
  • Haliwill 1249 Ass

Etymology

'Holy well.'