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

Major Settlement in the Parish of Ab Kettleby

Historical Forms

  • Holewelle 1086 DB 1166 LN 1242 Fees 1340 Ch
  • Holewella Hy2 Dugd
  • Holewell' c.1130 LeicSurv 1193 P l.12 GarCart 1243 Fees
  • Holewell Hy2 Dugd 1199 Cur 1402 Banco
  • Holewel c.1130 LeicSurv
  • Hollewelle 1166 RBE 1285 Nichols 1308 Ipm 1312 Banco
  • Hollewell 1421 Fine 1428 FA
  • Olewelle 1265 Misc
  • Olewell 1326 Cl 1326 Ipm
  • Holiwelle 1324 Inqaqd
  • Holywell 1502 MiscAccts 1523 LAS
  • Holwell' 1331 WoCart 1449
  • Holwell 1332 SR 1345 Coram 1368 Ipm 1411,1412 Pat

Etymology

'The stream running in the deep hollow', v. hol 2 , wella .