Holywell may refer to:
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Holywell, Flintshire
Holywell ( '','' cy, Treffynnon) is a market town and community in Flintshire, Wales. It lies to the west of the estuary of the River Dee. The community includes Greenfield.
Etymology
The name Holywell is literally ' + ' in reference to St W ...
, Wales
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Holywell, Swords
Holywell () is a neighbourhood near Swords, Dublin, Ireland. Developed and marketed in phases and under various names, Feltrim Hall, Gorse Hill, Abbey Stone, Holywell and The Meadows, all the street names in the community include the common n ...
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Holywell, Bedfordshire
Holywell is a hamlet located in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England.
The settlement is close to Whipsnade and Studham, and Holywell forms part of the Studham civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of admin ...
, England
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Holywell, Cambridgeshire
Holywell is a village in Cambridgeshire, England, approximately east of Huntingdon, in the civil parish of ''Holywell-cum-Needingworth''. It is situated within Huntingdonshire, a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire, and is a historic ...
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Holywell, Dorset
Holywell is a hamlet in Dorset, England, located on the A37 roughly midway between Yeovil and Dorchester. A tributary of the River Frome passes through the hamlet.
A number of Bronze Age objects have been discovered locally and are now in th ...
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Holywell, Eastbourne
Holywell (traditional local pronunciation "holly well") is a part of Meads, a district of Eastbourne in the county of East Sussex, UK. Holywell has no specific boundaries, but lies approximately between the western end of the lower promenade and ...
, East Sussex, England
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Holywell, Gloucestershire, a
location in England
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Holywell, Herefordshire, a
place in Herefordshire
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Holywell, Hertfordshire, England
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Holywell, Northumberland, in
Seaton Valley
Seaton Valley is a civil parish at the south eastern corner of Northumberland, consisting of four villages lying between Cramlington, Blyth and Whitley Bay. The largest village is Seaton Delaval, while Seaton Sluice is on the coast; the other t ...
, England
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Holywell, Lincolnshire
Holywell is a tiny settlement in the civil parish of Careby Aunby and Holywell, in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies north from Stamford and south-west from Bourne. It is a collection of houses around a country ...
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Holywell, Oxfordshire
Holywell is a parish in Oxford, England. The toponym is derived from the well of Saint Winifred and Saint Margaret.
See also
* St Cross Church, Oxford
* Holywell Cemetery
* Holywell Manor
* Holywell Music Room
The Holywell Music Room is t ...
, England
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Holywell, Somerset, a
location in England
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Holywell, Warwickshire, a
location in England
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Holy Well, Malvern
The Holy Well is set on the slopes of the Malvern Hills above Malvern Wells. The well is believed to be the site of the oldest bottling plant in the world. The Malvern spring water was first bottled on a commercial scale at the well and the ...
, Worcestershire, England
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Holywell Street (disambiguation) Holywell Street may refer to:
* Holywell Street, London
*Holywell Street, Oxford
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Holywell Street is a street in central Oxford, England. It runs east-west with Broad Street to the west and Longwall Street to the east. About halfway ...
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Holywells Park
Holywells Park is a public park in Ipswich, England situated between Nacton Road and Cliff Lane, near to the Ipswich Waterfront.
History
Tools from the stone age have been found on the site, as well as bronze age axes and Roman coins.
In the ...
, Ipswich, Suffolk, England
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Holy well
A holy well or sacred spring is a well, spring or small pool of water revered either in a Christian or pagan context, sometimes both. The water of holy wells is often thought to have healing qualities, through the numinous presence of its gua ...
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East Holywell, a hamlet in Backworth, Tyne and Wear, England
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West Holywell
Backworth is a village in the metropolitan borough of North Tyneside in the county of Tyne and Wear, England, about west of Whitley Bay on the north east coast. It lies northeast of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Newcastle. Other nearby towns include Nor ...
, a hamlet in Backworth, Tyne and Wear, England
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Holly Wells (1991–2002), a victim of the Soham murders
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Hollywell, Queensland, Australia
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