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.

Hewells Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Warnham

Historical Forms

  • le Hewelle 1532 SAC5,259

Etymology

Hewells Fm is le Hewelle in 1532 (SAC 5, 259). 'High spring or stream,' v. heah , wielle . There is a small mere here.