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. 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 n…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. 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' and wielle 'well, fountain, spring', thus meaning something like 'murderer's stream'.
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