Holywell

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Holywell

  1. A town in Flintshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ1875).
  2. A neighbourhood near Swords, County Dublin, Ireland.
  3. A number of places in England:
    1. A hamlet in Central Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref TL0117).
    2. A village in Holywell-cum-Needingworth parish, Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL3470).
    3. A coastal village in northern Cornwall (OS grid ref SW7658).
    4. A hamlet in Dorset (OS grid ref ST5904).
    5. An area in Eastbourne, East Sussex (OS grid ref TV6096).
    6. A settlement in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref TF0016).
    7. A village in Seaton Valley parish, Northumberland (OS grid ref NZ3174). [1]

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