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Survey of English Place-Names

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Lowell

Field in the Parish of Wyke Regis

Historical Forms

  • 1841 TA
  • Lowell 1582 Ilch
  • Lovell 1582 Ilch

Etymology

Lowell(Lowell, Lovell 1582(18), perhaps from hlēo(w)'shelter' or hlēow'sheltered' and wella, cf. Lewell in W Knighton par. supra)

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement