English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Holme Hall

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bakewell

Historical Forms

  • Holun 1086 DB
  • Hulm(e) 1101–8 RegLich 1202 P 1490 WollCh
  • Hulma a.1108 Dugd
  • Holm(e) 1236 BelCh 1240 LichChart 1536 DbCh
  • Holme Hall 1646 Janssen

Etymology

v. holmr , hulm . The place is situated in marshy ground beside the Wye, cf. Elliottholme supra 32. The spellings in Hulm (e ), which predominate to the 15th century, are from the OEScand variant hulm . Cf. Holme Hall infra 278.