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.

Dringwell

Early-attested site in the Parish of Thrushelton

Historical Forms

  • Tringewelle 1281 Ass
  • Tryngwyll 1515–18 ECP5,52
  • Tringwill al. Dringwill 1609 Deed

Etymology

The first element may be connected with OE  ðring , 'crowd, pressure, commotion,' ðringan , 'to press, crowd, throng,' in which case the reference must have been to a much used or much frequented spring.