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.

Holwick

Major Settlement in the Parish of Romaldkirk

Historical Forms

Holewic, Holewyk 1251 Ch 1279–81 QW

Holwick 1577 Saxton

Etymology

'Ravine in the hollow' v. hol , vik .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement