Runwell
Major Settlement in the Parish of Runwell
Historical Forms
- Runweolla, Runewelle c.940 BCS737 14th
- Runewellā 1086 DB
- Runewella 12th StP
- Runewell(e) 1181 1239–58 FF
- Runnewell(e) 1245 ib
- Ronewell(e) 1202–18 FF 1212 RBE 1287 Cl c.1300 StP 1303 FA 1324–34 Londin
- Rom(e)well 1272,1285 Ass
- Renewell 1291 For 1299 Cl 1374 Orig
- Rowndell 1547 FF
Etymology
No certainty is possible with regard to this name. It may be that the first element is the lost OE hruna , 'tree-trunk.'Professor Ekwall would prefer in view of the OE form to take the first element as OE rūn , 'mystery, secret,' with reference perhaps to a wishing-well.