English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Holly Well

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Haliwelle 1331 WCR

Etymology

, Haliwelle 1331 WCR (p) , ' holy spring ' , v. hālig , wella .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name