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.

Spell Cl

Field in the Parish of Scraptoft

Historical Forms

  • 1830 Surv 1850 TA

Etymology

Spell Cl 1830, 1850 perh. with the surn. Spell, but poss. is spell' speech, discourse', signifying a meeting - place; note Moat Cl supra)