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.

Halwell

Other OS name in the Parish of Torbryan

Historical Forms

  • Hollwell mead 1748 Recov

Etymology

is Hollwell mead 1748Recov . Probably ' spring in the hollow , ' v. holh , wielle .