English Explanatory Dictionary

Harwell

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A placename:
  2. A hamlet in Everton parish, Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK6891).
  3. A village and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU4989).
  4. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Harwell Harwells

Etymology

* (hamlet in Nottinghamshire): From the Old English personal name *Hāra, a byname from hār (“grey; grey-haired”), + wella (“well, spring, stream”) * (village in Oxfordshire): From Old English hēore (“pleasant”) + wella (“well, spring, stream”).

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