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.

Henwell

Other OS name in the Parish of Tamerton Foliot

Historical Forms

  • Hynwell 1263 FF
  • Hyndwille Sowth Hyndefyld 1538–44 ECP8,100

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Hynwell 1263 FF, Hyndwille Sowth Hyndefyld 1538–44 ECP 8, 100 . ' Hind spring , ' i.e. where they watered , or ' monks' spring , ' v. higna , wielle .