Ashwell

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.
  2. A rural locality in the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia.
  3. A small village in Bishopsteignton parish, Teignbridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX8974).
  4. A village and civil parish in North Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL2639).
  5. A village and civil parish in Rutland, England (OS grid ref SK8613).
  6. A hamlet in Whitelackington civil parish, Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST3615).

Word forms

Ashwell Ashwells

Etymology

From Old English æsc (“ashtree”) + wella (“spring”).

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