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.

Nutwell Court

Early-attested site in the Parish of Woodbury

Historical Forms

  • Hnutwille 1072–1103 Earle
  • Noteswilla 1086 DB
  • Notewell(a) 1167 P 1285 FA 1301 Ipm
  • Nothoella 1173 France
  • Nottewill 1301 Ipm
  • Nutewill' 1242 Fees764
  • Nutewell 1301 Ipm

Etymology

'Nut spring,' i.e. one near which these grew. v. wielle .