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Hollywell Ho

Other OS name in the Parish of Acton

Historical Forms

  • Holywell House 1831 Bry

Etymology

( 109–577530 ) , 1842 OS , Holywell House 1831 Bry , cf. Big Hollywell & Little Hollywell 1841TA , ' holy well ' , v. hālig , wella , from a nearby well now filled in ( Sheaf3 17 (4041) ) . The name was pronounced [ hæli- ] in 1879 , Sheaf 1 1 , 242 .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site