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.

Gorwell

Other OS name in the Parish of Barnstaple

Historical Forms

Gorwill 1618 Barum

Etymology

is Gorwill 1618 Barum . ' Dirty spring , ' v. gor , wielle .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Barnstaple