Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• 1839 TA

• Sharp ( e ) Holme 1839 TA 1839 TA

• Sharp ( e ) holme 1839 TA 1663 Holywell

• a Mawre called Skarpholme c.1638 Holywell

Etymology

Sharp Holmes 1839(Scharpholme 1553+, Sharp(e) Holme 15951, 17121, Sharp(e) holme 15952, 1663, a Mawre called Skarpholme(sic) c.1638(named from along-established family here, cf. Nicholas Scharp 1277–62, John Scharpe 1289+, and holmr; this was also a saltern or salt-hill)