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.

Oxhall

Early-attested site in the Parish of Lower Sapey

Historical Forms

  • Oxen(e)well 1222 FF 1327 SR
  • Oxenwall 1275 SR
  • Oxenhale 1293 Ipm
  • Oxewell 1332 SR
  • Oxhills c.1830 O

Etymology

'Spring of the oxen,' v. wielle . For the wall - forms v. Introduction xxvii.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement