Elwill Dairy
Early-attested site in the Parish of Venn Ottery
Historical Forms
- Ellewille 1333 SR
Etymology
The site is so close to the southern ellenford of the Ottery charter (v. infra 603 n.) that we are probably right in assuming that the ford was on the wielle or stream and that both alike take their names from an ellen or elder tree. v. Addenda, Part ii, xiv.