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

Other OS name in the Parish of Buckland Brewer

Historical Forms

  • Holiwill(e) 1330,1333 SR
  • Holewill 1360 Ass

Etymology

is Holiwill (e )1330, 1333SR (p), Holewill 1360Ass (p) . Probably ' wellin a hollow . ' There is a spring here .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement