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.

Cromwell

Major Settlement in the Parish of Cromwell

Historical Forms

  • Crunwelle 1086 DB
  • Crunwella 1178 P
  • Cronwell(a) 1176,1177 P
  • Crombwell t.Hy2 RegAntiq
  • Crumwelle 1166 RBE
  • Crumwell(a) 1180,1182 P 1675 Ogilby
  • Cromewell(e) 1211 RBE 1428 FA
  • Crumbwell(e) 1216 FineR 1223 Pat c.1225 Fees 1230 P 1242 Fees 1252 FF 1276 RH 1346 FA
  • Crumbewell(e) 1233–57 Ch 1333 SR 1347 Cl
  • Crombewell 1316 FA
  • Croumbewell 1323 Ass
  • Cromwell 1280 ib

Etymology

'Crooked stream,' v. wielle . The name may have reference to the small tributary of the Trent which makes a large bend just to the east of the village.

Places in the same Parish

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