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.

Bedwell Park

Early-attested site in the Parish of Essendon

Historical Forms

  • Bedewell(e) 1220 Pat 1240 Fees 1248 Ass 1389 ADi
  • Bedwellehawys 1413 DuLa
  • Gretebedwelle 1443 Cecil

Etymology

Bedwell Park is Bedewell (e )1220 Pat, 1240 Fees (p), 1248Ass , 1389 AD i, Bedwellehawys 1413DuLa , Gretebedwelle 1443Cecil .Probably like Bedwell supra 138, a compound of OE  byde , 'hollow, depression' and wielle , 'spring.'