Halswell is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 8 characters long in length.
Halswell is the variation of Hasell. Hasle, a township in Yorkshire.
A variant form of the Hazel. Dweller at, or near, the hazel bushes.
Halswell is form of Hassel. One who came from Hassel, i.e., place where hazel trees grew, the name of several places in Germany; one who came from Hassall meaning "witches' corner," in Cheshire; dweller near a hazel tree.
Surname Halswell is variant of Hassall. A township in Cheshire gave name to a great family.
The surname Halswell is the form of Hassell. 1. From the Christian name Asceline; so Ansell from Anselm. In the Hundred Rolls, Fil'Acelini, Acellin, Acelyn. 2. Local: De Hassell, county of Oxon. Hundred Rolls.
Family name Halswell is the variant form of the Halsewell. Halsewell, county of Devon, was possessed by the family surnamed from it De Halsewell, almost from the period of the Conquest, and it still belongs to their descendant, Colonel Kemeys-Tynte, whose ancestor married the heiress in the XVII century.