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Survey of English Place-Names

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Hawkeswell Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Coleshill

Historical Forms

  • Hau(e)keswelle 1260 Ass 1267 FF
  • Hauckeswelle 1307 Ass 1332 ADvi

Etymology

is Hau (e )keswelle 1260Ass , 1267 FF, Hauckeswelle 1307Ass ,1332 AD vi . ' Spring of the hawk ' or ' of a man named Heafoc , ' v. wielle .