Etymology

Barwell

B3A1R1W4E1L1L1

Today it means: A large village and civil parish in Hinckley and Bosworth borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SP4496). Full definition →

Old English bār
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited frombār“boar”
  2. English todayBarwell

From Old English bār (“boar”) + wielle (“spring”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishbār all →

beerboarbarrellBorley

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.