Dictionary of Family Names

Origin of the Surname COLWELL, COLVILLE.

COLWELL, COLVILLE, The village on the neck of the hill, or near the hazel-wood; col, Gaelic, hazel; and ville, a village, changed into well. Coldwell denotes the quality of the water, a cold spring; Colwold, the hazel-wild, or bushy place of hazels.

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