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.

Fulwell

Early-attested site in the Parish of Mixbury

Historical Forms

  • Fvlewelle 1086 DB 1320 Ch
  • Folewell' 1205 Cur 1350 Os
  • Folwell 1278–9 RH
  • Fulwelle 1349 Ipm
  • Fullwell 1428 FA

Etymology

'Foul stream,' v. fūl , w(i)elle: the same name occurs in Spelsbury 380. A small stream runs past Mixbury to Fulwell, and the state of the water might be connected with the mixen , which is the first element of that name.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement