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Holywell.

A town and community in Flintshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ1875).

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  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: A settlement in Studham parish, Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref TL0117).

  4. A number of places in England: A village in Holywell-cum-Needingworth parish, Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL3470).

  5. A number of places in England: A coastal village in Cubert parish, Cornwall (OS grid ref SW7658).

  6. A number of places in England: A hamlet in Evershot parish and Frome St Quintin parish, Dorset (OS grid ref ST5904).

  7. A number of places in England: An area in Eastbourne, East Sussex (OS grid ref TV6096).

  8. A number of places in England: A hamlet in Wotton-under-Edge parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref ST7693).

  9. A number of places in England: A hamlet in Blakemere parish, Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO3741).

  10. A number of places in England: A suburb in Watford borough, Hertfordshire (OS grid ref TQ0995)

  11. A number of places in England: A small settlement in Careby Aunby and Holywell parish, South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref TF0016).

  12. A number of places in England: A village in Seaton Valley parish, Northumberland (OS grid ref NZ3174).

  13. A number of places in England: A hamlet in West Coker parish and East Coker parish, Somerset (OS grid ref ST5213).

  14. A number of places in England: A hamlet in Rowington parish, Warwick district, Warwickshire (OS grid ref SP1966).

Where this word comes from

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

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