Balkwill

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  1. 1
    A surname from Old English.

Etymology

Perhaps a habitational surname from a lost settlement in Devon named with Old English balca (“ridge”) + wella (“well, stream, spring”). Alternatively, it could be a variant of Bakewell.

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