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.

Hollowell

Major Settlement in the Parish of Hollowell

Historical Forms

  • Holewell(e) 1086 DB 1348 Cl
  • Hollewelle 1166 RBE
  • Holwell 1284 FA 1347 Cl
  • Holowell juxta Gildesburgh 1317 Ass
  • Hollowell 1701 Recov
  • Hollywell 1595 FF

Etymology

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

Places in the same Parish

None