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.”