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Summary

Willeswell, alias winswell, was wivleswilla in domesday. It was held by ruald adobed. Before the conquest it belonged to alwin. It later passed to the giffards (reichel).

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SS41SE/20

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FARMSTEAD (VIII to Late Medieval - 701 AD to 1539 AD (Between))

Full description

1906, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV14515.

Winswell is shown as 'willeswell' on the os 25" second edition, (1906) map.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV14516.

Reichel, o. J. /hundreds of devon/(1928-1938)546,557,583/the hundred of shebbear in early times.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV14517.

Page, w. /vch devon/1(1906)511/domesday survey.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV14518.

Des=worksheet/(goodyear,afu,1990).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV14519.

Gover, j. E. B. + mawer, a. + stenton, f. M. /the place-names of devon/(1931).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV14520.

Des=os 25" second edition(1906).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV242.

Willeswell, alias winswell, was wivleswilla in domesday. It was held by ruald adobed. Before the conquest it belonged to alwin. It later passed to the giffards (reichel).

Gover, J. E. B. + Mawer, A. + Stenton, F. M., 1931, The Place-Names of Devon: Part One (Monograph). SDV1312.

Winswell appears in various documents and spelt in differnent ways throughout the middle ages. It probably mean 'wifel's spring (mawer et al).

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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