English Explanatory Dictionary

Holwell

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A number of places in England:
  2. A hamlet near Horns Cross, Parkham parish, Torridge district, Devon (OS grid ref SS3723).
  3. A village and civil parish in west Dorset (OS grid ref ST7010).
  4. A village and civil parish in North Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire (OS grid ref TL1633).
  5. A small village in Ab Kettleby parish, Melton district, Leicestershire (OS grid ref SK7323).
  6. A hamlet and civil parish (without a council) in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP2309).
  7. A hamlet in Nunney parish, Somerset, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST7245).
  8. A locality in Latrobe council area and the West Tamar council area, northern Tasmania, Australia.
  9. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Holwell Holwells

Etymology

From Old English holh (“hollow”) + wielle (“well, spring”).

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