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.

Oxholme

Field in the Parish of Marsh Chapel

Historical Forms

  • Oxholme 1595 FMap 1595 FMap
  • Ox Holme 1595 FMap
  • a Mawre called Oxholme c.1638 Holywell

Etymology

Oxholme 15951, Ox Holme 15952, a Mawre called Oxholme c.1638(v. oxa, holmr, it isshown as a saltern on 15951)