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.

leʒ Holmes

Field in the Parish of Marsh Chapel

Historical Forms

  • leʒ Holmes 1839 TA

Etymology

leʒ Holmes 1452+, les Holmes 1553+, le Holmes 1561+, 1567+,1572+(v. holmr'raised land in marsh' in the pl.)

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement