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.

Southill

Other OS name in the Parish of Uffculme

Historical Forms

  • Suthewell 1249 FF
  • Sudwell 1275 RH

Etymology

is Suthewell 1249 FF, Sudwell 1275 RH (p) . There is a spring here , so the second element is clearly wielle .