Boxwell
hamlet · Gloucestershire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Boxwell likely means 'the spring or stream associated with box trees'.
Word origins
- box
- Old EnglishAttestedBox tree(from box "Box tree (Buxus sempervirens)")
- well
- Old EnglishAttestedSpring, stream(from wella "Spring, stream")