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.

The Borough

Other OS name in the Parish of Holwell

Etymology

, near the village , cf. Hutch3 4520 : ' the village itself is very small … but , for some reason or other , it has been immemorially dignified with the name of “ Borough ” , or “ Borough of Holwell ” ' .