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.

Offwell

Major Settlement in the Parish of Offwell

Historical Forms

  • Offawilla 1086 DB
  • Offewell(e) 1219 Ass 1263 Exon 1284 FA
  • Offewyll 1244 Ass
  • Offewille juxta Honeton 1315 Ass
  • Uffewell 1238 Ass
  • Uffewill(e) 1242 Fees785 1291 Tax 1303 FA
  • Uffewyll 1244 Ass

Etymology

Forms with initial o and u are almost equally frequent, but the balance appears to be slightly in favour of the o ones. Hence 'Offa 's spring,' v. wielle .

Places in the same Parish