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.

Hungerwell Barn

Other OS name in the Parish of West Haddon

Historical Forms

  • Hungerwells ib.

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Hungerwells ib. This is probably a piece of folk - etymology for Hangerwell . There is a little stream here running down a steep slope , v. hangra , wielle .

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement

Early-attested site