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.

Wapperwell

Other OS name in the Parish of Chudleigh

Historical Forms

  • Wappull Will 1603 Deed
  • Wapplewell 1737 Recov

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Wappull Will 1603Deed , Wapplewell 1737Recov . Cf. Wapplewell supra 251 .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement