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.

Kitwells Cliff

Other OS name in the Parish of Stanton St Gabriel

Historical Forms

  • Kitwells 1840 TA

Etymology

, Kitwells 1840TA , possibly ' kitespring or stream ' , from cȳta and well(a) , but perhaps a surname from such a p.n .