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.

Westwell

Major Settlement in the Parish of Westwell

Historical Forms

Westwelle 1086 DB

Westewell 1428 FA

Etymology

'West spring or stream,' v. west , w(i)elle.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Westwell Copse