ɪnðə dˈoʊmsdeɪ bˈʊk ʌv wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪɾi sˈɪks, ɪɾ ɪz nˈeɪmd juːˈɛl ɔːɹ ɛtwˈɛl, ænd ɪz ɹᵻkˈoːɹdᵻd æz hˌævɪŋ ɐ mˈænɚ hˈaʊs, fˈaɪv wˈɔːɾɚmˌɪlz, ænd ɐbˌaʊt fˈɪfti dwˈɛlɪŋz ɚɹˈaʊnd ɐ smˈɔːl wˈʊdən sˈæksən tʃˈɜːtʃ.
In the Domesday Book of 1086, it is named Ewelle or Etwelle, and is recorded as having a manor house, five watermills, and about fifty dwellings around a small wooden Saxon church.