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.

Hotwells

Other OS name in the Parish of Clifton

Historical Forms

  • Hotwell 1724 BGxxvii 1777 M

Etymology

, Hotwell 1724BG xxvii, 1777 M , on the hot springs cf. Rudder 377–8, BG xxvii,352–3 .