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.

Outholme

Field in the Parish of Marsh Chapel

Historical Forms

  • Outholme 1595 FMap
  • Out holme 1595 FMap
  • a Mawre called Outholme c.1638 Holywell

Etymology

Outholme 15951,Out holme 15952, a Mawre called Outholme c.1638(v. ūt, holmr; it was north ofNorth Lane towards Poplar Grove and was a saltern or salt-hill)