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.

Witchells

Other OS name in the Parish of Shirwell

Historical Forms

Wichehole 1423 IpmR

Etymology

is Wichehole 1423 IpmR . ' Wych-elm hollow ' or ' witch-hole . '

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Shirwell