Backwell Common
hamlet · North Somerset
Old EnglishSurmised
Suggested2 sources · name elements
Backwell Common is an Old English name. 'Backwell' likely means 'the back stream' or 'stream at the rear'. 'Common' refers to an area of open land for communal use.
Word origins
- Back
- Old Englishrear, behind
- well
- Old Englishstream, spring
- Common
- Old Englishcommon land