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.

Holloway

Major Settlement in the Parish of Dethick, Lea and Holloway

Historical Forms

  • Hol(e)way, Hol(e)wey(e) 1200–10 DbAxvi 1237 FF 1286,1293 Crich 1357 et passim
  • Holewey(e)s 1350 Crich 1350 Pat 1354,1356,1357 Crich
  • Holoweyes 1357 WollCh
  • Holloways 1789 Noble 1805 Cary
  • Holewaus 1392 DbCh
  • Hol(l)owey, Hol(l)oway 1519 DbAxix

Etymology

'Hollow road(s)', v. hol 2 , weg . The persistence of the plural is noteworthy.