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.

Hartwell Spring

Early-attested site in the Parish of Staverton

Etymology

Hartwell Spring (B) is reputed to be the source of the Nene (cf. Morton 3–4) and is mentioned in the field-name Hertwellegore (v. gara ) in a Rental t. Ric 2.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement

Early-attested site