Etymology

Hartwell

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Today it means: Two villages, named Lower and Upper Hartwell, in Stone with Bishopstone and Hartwell parish, Buckinghamshire (OS grid ref SP7912). Full definition →

Middle English [Term?] ← Old English Heorotwielle
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  1. Old English · inherited fromHeorotwielle
  2. Middle English · inherited from[Term?]
  3. English todayHartwell

From Middle English [Term?], from Old English Heorotwielle, from heorot + wielle, denoting a spring frequented by deer. By surface analysis, hart + well.

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