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 East Down

Historical Forms

Holewill(e) 1244 Ass 1333 SR

Holiwill 1330 SR

Etymology

is Holewill (e )1244Ass , 1333SR (p), Holiwill 1330SR (p) . ' Spring in the hollow , ' v. holh , wielle .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement

East Down