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.

Teswell '

Field in the Parish of Motcombe

Historical Forms

  • Teswell ' 1338–40 Glast

Etymology

Teswell' 1338–40(in the bounds of Gillingham forest, possibly from tǣse'useful' withwell(a)'spring, stream')