Holywell

Meanings

1. A town and community in Flintshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ1875).
2. A neighbourhood near Swords, County Dublin, Ireland.
3. A number of places in England:
4. A settlement in Studham parish, Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref TL0117).
5. A village in Holywell-cum-Needingworth parish, Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL3470).
6. A coastal village in Cubert parish, Cornwall (OS grid ref SW7658).
7. A hamlet in Evershot parish and Frome St Quintin parish, Dorset (OS grid ref ST5904).
8. An area in Eastbourne, East Sussex (OS grid ref TV6096).
9. A hamlet in Wotton-under-Edge parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref ST7693).
10. A hamlet in Blakemere parish, Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO3741).
11. A suburb in Watford borough, Hertfordshire (OS grid ref TQ0995)
12. A small settlement in Careby Aunby and Holywell parish, South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref TF0016).

Etymology

From holy + well, in Eastbourne possibly from holly + well.