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.

Bur Well

Other OS name in the Parish of Hexton

Historical Forms

  • StAlbans, Burwell hole 1686 AddCh

Etymology

[ bʌrəl ] is Burewell t. Ed 3 StAlbans , Burwell hole 1686AddCh . ' Spring near the burh ' ( i.e. Ravensborough infra 113 ) , v. burh , wielle .