Banwell
Sign in to saveBanwell is a village and civil parish on the River Banwell in the North Somerset district of Somerset, England. Its population was 3,251 according to the 2021 census.
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Place details
- Locality
- Woolvershill Batch
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 1,956
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.static_image
- alt=Stone building with slit windows and battlements. Foreground is road with grass verges.|240px
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Banwell Castle
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Banwell
- UK place.population
- 3,251
- UK place.unitary_england
- North Somerset
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Somerset
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Wells and Mendip Hills
- UK place.post_town
- BANWELL
- UK place.postcode_district
- BS29
- UK place.postcode_area
- BS
- UK place.dial_code
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- +2919
- Image
- Banwellchurch.jpg
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Article
10 sectionsContents
- Toponymy
- History
- Governance
- Geography
- Climate
- Religious sites
- Transport
- Twin towns – sister cities
- References
- External links
Banwell is a village and civil parish on the River Banwell in the North Somerset district of Somerset, England. Its population was 3,251 according to the 2021 census.
== Toponymy == Banwell's name is first securely attested around the year 900 in forms including Banuwille and Bananwylle; it appears in the Domesday Book of 1086 in the form Banwelle. This name was taken by Margaret Gelling and Victor Watts as an Old English compound of bana 'slayer' (in its genitive singular form banan) and wielle 'well, fountain, spring', thus meaning something like 'murderer's stream'.