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.

Holwell

Other OS name in the Parish of Mere

Historical Forms

  • Holewelle 1227 StOsmund
  • Holwell 1495 Ct

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Holewelle 1227 StOsmund,Holwell 1495Ct . ' Spring in the hollow . '