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.

Hawkesville

Other OS name in the Parish of Cannock

Historical Forms

  • Hauekeswell 1290 Ch

Etymology

, Hauekeswell 1290 Ch , ' the hawk's well ' , v. hafoc , wella , for the development cf. Wyeville L ( DEPN ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name