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.

Burwell Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Brackley

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) . Cf. Burchwellebalke 1403Magd , Burwellfurlong 1457 ib. , Burwell waie 1550Ct . v. burh , wielle . Burwell is presumably the ' borough (or town) well . ' Burwell waie is the road now called Burwell Hill .

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