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Holywell

Holywell proper noun: a town and community in Flintshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ1875).

Proper noun

Holywell

  1. A town and community in Flintshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ1875).
  2. A neighbourhood near Swords, County Dublin, Ireland.
  3. A settlement in Studham parish, Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref TL0117).
  4. A village in Holywell-cum-Needingworth parish, Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL3470).
  5. A coastal village in Cubert parish, Cornwall (OS grid ref SW7658).
  6. A hamlet in Evershot parish and Frome St Quintin parish, Dorset (OS grid ref ST5904).
  7. An area in Eastbourne, East Sussex (OS grid ref TV6096).
  8. A hamlet in Wotton-under-Edge parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref ST7693).
  9. A hamlet in Blakemere parish, Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO3741).
  10. A suburb in Watford borough, Hertfordshire (OS grid ref TQ0995)
  11. A small settlement in Careby Aunby and Holywell parish, South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref TF0016).
  12. A village in Seaton Valley parish, Northumberland (OS grid ref NZ3174).
  13. A hamlet in West Coker parish and East Coker parish, Somerset (OS grid ref ST5213).
  14. A hamlet in Rowington parish, Warwick district, Warwickshire (OS grid ref SP1966).

Origin of Holywell

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

Words formed from Holywell

Phrases with Holywell

Questions about Holywell

What does Holywell mean?
Holywell means a town and community in Flintshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ1875).
What part of speech is Holywell?
Holywell is a proper noun.

Words near Holywell in the dictionary

  1. holystones
  2. holystoning
  3. holytide
  4. holytides
  5. Holytown
  6. Holywell
  7. Holywell Green
  8. Holywell Street
  9. Holywell-cum-Needingworth
  10. Holywood
  11. Holyworkfolk

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