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.

Holywell

Other OS name in the Parish of Trent

Historical Forms

  • Hol(l)y Well, Lt Holy Wells 1839 TA

Etymology

( Spring marked ) , Hol (l )y Well , Lt Holy Wells 1839TA , v. hālig , wella .