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

Major Settlement in the Parish of Holwell

Historical Forms

Holewelle 969 Crawfordvi 11th CottCh 1066 DB 1086 Ch t.Hy2 FA 1317 1303

Hollewelle 1427 HMCix

Etymology

'Spring in the hollow,' v. holh , wielle .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site