Shelswell
Major Settlement in the Parish of Newton Purcell with Shelswell
Historical Forms
- Scildeswelle 1086 DB
- Suldewell 1138 Thame c.1200
- Scheldeswelle c.1180–90 Eynsh
- Scheldeswell' 1254–5 RH
- Sheldeswell 1347 Ipm 1397 Cl 1428 FA
- Scaldeswelle c.1195 Harl
- Chaldeswelle 1297 Ipm
- Shaldeswell 1301 Ch 1316,1428 FA
- Saldewella 1209–18 WellsR
- Saldewell' 1220,1242–3 Fees
- Saudewella 1221 Bract
- Saudewalle, Saundewelle 1222 Bract
- Schaudewella 1224 FF
- Shaudewella 1232 Bract
- Scheldewell' 1254–5 RH
- Seldeswelle 1278–9 RH
- Seldeswell 1284–5 FA
- Shaldewelle 1285 Ass
- Shaldewell 1327 Ch
- Shadeswell 1346 FA
- Shelleswell 1428 FA 1517 DInc
- Shelliswelle 1526 LS
- Sceldeshlaw c. 1250 Bodl
- Saldesmer c. 1270 (13th) Os
Etymology
Second element w(i)elle. The earliest forms suggest that the first is the personal name Sc (i )eld , on which v. PN Wo 77. There must, however, have been later confusion with the adjective sc (e )ald , 'shallow.' The same personal name is found in Sceldeshlaw c. 1250Bodl in Sydenham (v. hlāw), and may be present, with the same confusion with sc (e )ald , in Saldesmer c. 1270 (13th) Os in the nearby parish of Mixbury.