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.

Ewell

Major Settlement in the Parish of Ewell

Historical Forms

  • Euuelle 675,933(13th) BCS
  • Eauuelle 1066 BM
  • Eawell' 1205 Cur
  • Æwelle 1066 KCD824 c.1300
  • Æwella 1158 Merton 1175,1190 P
  • Etwelle (sic) 1086 DB
  • Eiwella 1161 P
  • Ewelle, Ewella 1155 RBE
  • Aiwella, Aiwelle 1158,1190,1202 P
  • Awell(e) 1196 FF 1212 Fees 1222 ClR 1241,1325 Ass
  • Yewell 1603 SACxi 1710 Recov

Etymology

'River-spring,' v. æwiell . One of the sources of the Hogs Mill River is here. Aubrey (ii, 202) speaks of it as a “most plentiful Spring, the Head of a crystal Brook.”